Album Notes

"If you like the piano as a vehicle for melodious modern romanticism you should hear Krieger’s beautiful sonatas and his captivating sonatina, especially in the first-class presentation they’re accorded here. Alexandre Dossin plays with an astute balance of excitement, technical finesse, and fluid expressivity; The recording is close to ideal—rich but clear, truthful, and immediate."
American Record Guide, Nov/Dec 2005

"Dossin plays this compelling music with great heart and skill."
Fanfare Magazine, Jan/Feb 2006


Alexandre Dossin

Acclaimed by international critics as a “phenomenon” and by Martha Argerich as a “magnificent” performer, Brazilian born Alexandre Dossin has already firmly established himself as a pianist of the first rank.

Dossin was awarded both the First Prize and the Special Prize at the Martha Argerich International Piano Competition (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2003). Other awards include the Silver Medal and Second Honorable Mention in the Maria Callas Grand Prix (Athens, Greece, 1996) and both the Third Prize and Special Prize at the Mozart International Piano Competition (Salzburg, Austria, 1995).

Recent engagements include solo recitals in New York, Chicago, Texas, Mississippi, Maryland and Virginia, several orchestral performances in Brazil and at the Martha Argerich Festival in Beppu, Japan. He performed with numerous orchestras such as Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Porto Alegre Symphony, Mozarteum Symphony and other renowned ensembles, under the conducting of Charles Dutoit, Isaac Karabtchevsky, and Michael Gielen, to name just a few.

Alexandre Dossin is a graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where he studied with Sergei Dorensky. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001, where his teachers were William Race and Gregory Allen. He is currently on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire and resides in Altoona, Wisconsin, with his wife Maria and children Sophia and Victor.