2011-2012 Artists

Alexander Sevastian
November 18, 2011

Alexander Sevastian is the three-time first prize winner of the International Accordion Competition. He won Norway’s Oslofjord Accordion Competition, The Cup of the North in Russia, and the Anthony Galla-Rini Accordion Competition in the U.S.  Alex was born in Minsk, Belarus and began his accordion studies at the age of seven. In 1991 he attended the Glinka Musical College in Minsk. His advanced studies took him to the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow where he received his Masters degree, studying with renowned performer and pedagogue, Friedrich Lips. While at the Academy, Alex also studied piano, conducting, and philosophy. He began his professional career in Moscow in 1996, performing with the Russian Radio Orchestra with which he toured as a soloist throughout Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Italy, and Japan. Alex is also a very active recitalist and chamber musician. Alex and his family moved to Canada in April 2001. In 2002 he joined the internationally recognized Quartetto Gelato and in 2003 he completed an Advanced Certificate in Performance at the University of Toronto where he studied with Joseph Macerollo. Over the past five years Alex has extensively toured Canada, the US, Italy, Japan, Korea, Sweden, Estonia, and Guatemala. Recent solo and orchestral engagements include recitals in Canada, the US, Mexico, and Italy. Alex lives in Toronto with his wife Anna and son Vladimir.

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