Her performance will open the Arte y Sol Festival which is being organised by Sol Classic Management, and is in the Malaga Palacio de Ferias and Congresos on 3 July at 7.30pm. She is dedicating the second part of her concert in Malaga to his works. "I've played him since I was little, his music thrills me, I feel him very close when I play," she says. In her short career she has played at emblematic events like the Salzburg Festival and Champs Elysées Theatre in Paris, and has played under conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel, Trevor Pinnock and Kazushi Ono. "No, not that, no!" she giggles.Ī combination of talent and hard work has won her five international competitions and she has made her debut in prestigious venues such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the Konzerthaus of Vienna and the Great Hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. It's always classical, never rock, pop, rap and definitely not reggaeton. "I listen to music and play the notes in my head," she says. When she is travelling and can't play, she studies. "It's my profession, and anyway, I love doing it," she says. The many hours she spends practising are no sacrifice. What she is absolutely clear about is that music is her life. She finished this term's work online from Mijas, but doesn't know what will happen next year. What is most important is that no more people die," he adds.Īlexandra has a year to go at secondary school, and she combines her studies with her piano tuition at the Central Music School of the State Conservatory in Moscow. "Any war is bad and damages everyone we were always two united countries and it is a shame that this is happening. "We don't know whether we will be able to go back, or whether the situation will get better," says her father with resignation. It would be impossible to organise an international tour for Alexandra if they were based in Moscow, and this is an important stage in her career. The war has broken off nearly all communication between Russia and Europe and the little that is left is complex and full of difficulties. "I do miss my country, my city and my family," says Serguey, but circumstances mean they can't go home. Her mother and brother - "he plays the piano too, and football," she says - are still in Moscow. ![]() She and her father live in Mijas now and they have good friends here. She makes me proud," says her father Serguey, as she bows her head in embarrassment at the praise. Her parents are also professional pianists and were her first teachers. I don't want to make a mistake or do something I shouldn't," she explains.įor Alexandra, the piano is a natural extension of her hands, and always has been. But now: "I'm not scared, I just feel more responsibility. She was only four years old when she gave her first concert and she wasn't worried or nervous then. She recognises that being good enough, and having to please an audience, gets harder over the years. For me, it was very important to hear those words," this young pianist admits. What is it like when a legend refers to you like that? "You feel a great sense of responsibility. She has been based in Malaga province since Putin soured relations with the western world with his invasion of Ukraine and, in a few days, she will be performing there as well, giving her first recital in the province at Malaga's Palacio de Ferias on 3 July. ![]() "Like any other girl of my age," she says.Īt the age of 14 (she will be 15 next month), Alexandra Dovgan, who is Russian, is a revelation, a prodigy who has become a teenage genius at the piano keyboard. Because she doesn't only play the piano, although that is what she does most: she also goes to school, goes out for a milkshake with her friends and likes to do sport. And, despite all that, she gets up at 7am to run along the beach in Mijas. She insists time and time again that she is "just a normal girl", but she has just come back from Germany after spending some time in Italy and in a few days' time she will fly to Switzerland before returning and performing in Malaga.
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