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'''Alexandre Kantorow''' (born 20 May 1997) is a French pianist.<ref name=lemonde>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2019/06/29/le-pianiste-alexandre-kantorow-tsar-du-concours-tchaikovski_5483165_3246.html|title=Le pianiste Alexandre Kantorow, tsar du Concours Tchaïkovski|date=2019-06-29|access-date=2019-06-29|language=fr}}</ref> Described by ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]'' as a "fire-breathing virtuoso with a poetic charm"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/international_piano/alexandre-kantorow-wins-tchaikovsky-competition-piano-category/|title=Alexandre Kantorow wins Tchaikovsky Competition piano category|website=Rhinegold|language=en|access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref> and by ''[[Fanfare (magazine)|Fanfare]]'' as "Liszt reincarnated",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://agencedianedusaillant.com/en/artistes/alexandre-kantorow-2/|title=Alexandre Kantorow|website=Agence Diane du Saillant|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-30}}</ref> he won the first prize, gold medal, and Grand Prix at the 16th [[International Tchaikovsky Competition]] in 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/actualite-musicale/alexandre-kantorow-remporte-le-1er-prix-de-piano-du-concours-tchaikovski-74508|title=Alexandre Kantorow remporte le 1er prix de piano du Concours Tchaïkovski|last=Laspière|first=Victor Tribot|date=2019-06-27|website=France Musique|language=fr|access-date=2019-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://weekend.lesechos.fr/culture/musiques/0601491458672-alexandre-kantorow-triomphe-a-moscou-2277139.php#xtor=AD-6000|title=Alexandre Kantorow triomphe à Moscou|website=lesechos.fr|language=fr|access-date=2019-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tch16.com/en/news/315.htm|title=The Names of the Prizewinners at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in the Piano Category have been Announced|website=tch16.com|access-date=2019-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/musique/classique/le-francais-alexandre-kantorow-remporte-le-prestigieux-grand-prix-de-piano-du-concours-tchaikovski_3513681.html|title=Alexandre Kantorow, premier français à remporter le prestigieux Grand prix de piano du Concours Tchaïkovski|date=2019-06-29|website=Franceinfo|language=fr|access-date=2019-06-30}}</ref> With this win, Kantorow became the first French winner in the history of the competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pizzicato.lu/alexandre-kantorow-wins-tchaikovsky-piano-competition/|title=Alexandre Kantorow wins Tchaikovsky Piano Competition|date=2019-06-28|website=Pizzicato|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-06-28}}</ref>
Kantorow was born in [[Clermont-Ferrand]] to a family of musicians; his father is the violinist and conductor [[Jean-Jacques Kantorow]] and his mother is also a violinist.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=lemonde/> He began to study piano at the age of five at the conservatory of [[Pontoise]]. At the age of 11, Kantorow began studies with [[Pierre-Alain Volondat]], who was the winner of the 1983 [[Queen Elisabeth Competition]] in Belgium, and continued training with [[Igor Lazko]] at the [[Schola Cantorum de Paris]], as well as with [[Frank Braley]] and Haruko Ueda. When he was 16 years old, Kantorow was invited to play at the Les Folles Journées Festivals in [[Nantes]]<ref name=tch>{{Cite web|url=https://tch16.com/en/contestants/#piano|title=Contestants|website=tch16.com|access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref> and has since appeared at such festivals as the [[Festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron]], the Festival Chopin à Paris, and the Festival Piano aux Jacobins.<ref name=lemonde/>. At the age of 17, he performed at the [[Philharmonie de Paris]] with the [[Pasdeloup Orchestra]] at its inaugural season to an audience of about 2,500.<ref name=lefigaro>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/l-exploit-d-alexandre-kantorow-premier-francais-a-remporter-le-concours-tchaikovski-20190628|title=
In 2019, Kantorow won the first prize, gold medal, and Grand Prix at the 16th [[International Tchaikovsky Competition]], becoming the first French winner in the history of the competition. He was the only finalist in the competition to play the [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]] [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] in G major, and also performed [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]]' [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] in B-flat major.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-2019-international-tchaikovsky-competition-reveals-its-piano-finalists|title=The 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition reveals its piano finalists|last=Gramophone|date=2019-06-22|website=www.gramophone.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref><ref name=tch/>
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