Laureate of the 2021 International Beethoven Competition in Bonn, Germany, Russian-American pianist Alexei Tartakovsky has been called a “fantastic musician and pianist” by Martha Argerich and “one of the finest young pianists in recent years…truly exceptional…superb playing…a thoughtful and serious musician” by the New York Concert Review.

 

Tartakovsky is a laureate of numerous international competitions, including the 2006 New York Piano Competition, the 2007 Rolf and Brigitte Gardey International Competition in Daytona Beach, Florida, the 2008 James Mottram International Piano Competition in Manchester, UK, the New York Concert Artists International Competition, and the 2009 Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition. 

 

In 2012, Tartakovsky swept all three prizes at the San Jose International Competition receiving 1st Prize, Audience Prize, and prize for the best performance of a Russian work. He was a semifinalist the 2015 Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw and in 2016, Tartakovsky was awarded the French Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition.  In 2021, he received both the 2nd Prize and the Deutsche Telekom StreamOn Beethoven Award at the International Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn, Germany.

 

Tartakovsky has performed both solo and with orchestra in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Europe, China, and Japan at halls that include the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Warsaw Philharmonic, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, and Carnegie Hall.  His playing has been broadcast on Dutch Radio 4, Polish Radio 2, Russian Radio Orpheus, Chicago’s WFMT, and New York's WQXR. 

 

Among the musicians he has studied with are Matti Raekallio, Nina Lelchuk, Boris Slutsky, Boris Berman, Horacio Gutierrez, and Richard Goode.  Tartakovsky completed his undergraduate studies at Juilliard and Queens College (CUNY), received his Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory, and an Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music.  He is currently a doctoral candidate at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he was awarded the coveted Graduate Center Fellowship.

 

Tartakovsky keeps an active concert schedule, teaches at Brooklyn College (CUNY), and maintains a private studio.  The past and upcoming seasons include concerts in the United States and China.  Tartakovsky is also a commercial pilot and a Certificated Flight Instructor.