ALEXANDER BOLDACHEV
SWISS-RUSSIAN HARPIST
Internationally acclaimed award-winning harpist, working in the genres of classical music and crossover pops, improviser, arranger, and composer for film and theatre. Invited Professor in Royal Academy of Music, Herp Albert School of Music in UCLA and Milano Conservatory. Endorser of Italian brand “Salvi Harps”, Bvlgari Swiss Alliance Ambassador, founder of the Zurich Harp Festival and World Harp Day. Active humanitarian and project producer
ALEXANDER BOLDACHEV
SWISS-RUSSIAN HARPIST
Internationally acclaimed award-winning harpist, working in the genres of classical music and crossover pops, improviser, arranger, and composer for film and theatre. Invited Professor in Royal Academy of Music, Herp Albert School of Music in UCLA and Milano Conservatory. Endorser of Italian brand “Salvi Harps”, Bvlgari Swiss Alliance Ambassador, founder of the Zurich Harp Festival and World Harp Day. Active humanitarian and project producer
Awards
Festival participant
Workshops
The short list of the most important music institutions where Alexander Boldachev gave the workshops and lectures
Events Calendar
- © Carnegie HallAlexander Boldachev has added to the harp literature and crossed musical boundaries on the instrument
- © HarpColumnBoldachev’s music is as boundless as his traveling
- © The Society of Composers & LyricistsAlexander has expanded the harp beyond the technical possibilities of the instrument
- © Times of MaltaAlexander’s playing has been hailed as “brilliant”, “impressive” and “deeply musical with a strong technique”
- © BachTrackAs well as being a fine musician, he also proved to be an amiable host: he clearly knows how to work a crowd
- © UbysseyBoldachev is a young, energetic composer, and his music is full of inspiration from self-improvisation and pop elements
- © World Socialist Web SiteBoldachev has recently been performing in numerous charity concerts for aid to victims of this war, as well as posting daily Instagram posts with music set to Ukrainian poems
- © The Guardian - FIFA World Cup OpeningRobbie Williams is singing Let Me Entertain You… Now Alexander Boldachev, the harpist, is playing for us
Repertoire
Russian Classical
International Classical
Crossover
Harp and Orchestra
Harp and String Orchestra
Harp and Violin
Harp and Saxophone
Harp and Flute
Harp and Cello
Harp and Piano
Harp and Organ
Harp and Ballet
Harp and Voice
Russian Classical
- Alexander Griboyedov - Valse E-moll
- Michail Glinka - The Lark, Nocturne
- Alexander Alyabyev - The Nightingale
- Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade, The Old Castle, Baba-Jaga
- Alexander Gretchaninov - Snowdrop
- Alexander Glazunov - Solo from the Ballet Raymonda
- Anatoly Lyadov - The Music Box
- Sergei Rachmaninov - Prelude in cis-minor, Daisies
- Sergei Prokofiev - Dance of Knights and Morning from the ballet Romeo and Julia
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
- Igor Stravinsky - Petrushka
- Georgy Sviridov - Waltz from suite Snowstorm, Time Forward
- Anton Arensky - Lily of the Valley
- Sergei Slonimsky - Chechen Rhapsody, The Fire Bird
- Anton Rubinstein - Fantasy on the themes from Opera The Demon by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow - Fantasy on the themes from Scheherazade
International Classical
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor (arrangement by Dobrokhotov)
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
- Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata No136 et No466
- Louis-Claude Daquin - Le Coucou
- Frederic Chopin - Waltz h-moll, Prelude e-moll, Fantasie-Impromptu
- E. Paris-Alvars - Introduction and Variations on the themes from Norma by Bellini
- Albert Zabel - Fantasy on the themes from Opera Faust by Charles Gounod
- Theodore Labarre - Ricordanza di Paganini
- Bedřich Smetana - The Moldau (arrangement by H. Trneček)
- W.A. Mozart - Figaro in Fatasie and Variations by François Laurent
- Louis Spohr - Fantasie in С-minor
- Henriette Renie - Ballade fantastique, Danse des Lutins, Legende
- Gabriel Faure - Impromptu, The Girl in the Tower
- Claude Debussy - I Arabesque, La fille avec cheveux de lin, Children’s Corner, Clair de Lune, Rêverie
- Andre Caplet - Divertissement à la Française
- Nino Rota - Sarabande e Toccata
- Guillaume Connesson - Toccata
Crossover
- Yann Tiersen – Amelie OST (movie)
- Isaak Dunaevsky - Circus OST (movie)
- Joe Hisaishi - Spirited Away OST (anime)
- Beatles - Yesterday
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
- Sting - Shape of my Heart
- Bob Marley - Jammin
- Nirvana - Smells like a teen spirit
- Scorpions - Wind of change
- Adele - Skyfall and James Bond (film music)
- Jeremy Soule - Morrowind (game music)
- Ramin Djawadi - Game of Thrones (serial music)
- David Bowie - Space oddity
- Koji Kondo - SuperMario
Harp and String Orchestra
- Nirvana - Smells like a teen spirit
- AC/DC - Highway to Hell
- Led Zeppelin - Stairways to Heaven
- Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
- John Williams - from the movie Star Wars
- Tariverdiev, Schnittke, Schwarz - Music from Soviet Movies
- Howard Shore - from the movie Lord of the Rings
- Stanley Myers - from the movie The Deer Hunter
- Georg Christoph WAGENSEIL - Harp Concerto
- Maurice RAVEL - Introduction and Allegro
- Jean Michel DAMASE - Concertino for harp and strings
- Claude Debussy - Dance Sarcee et Dense Profane
- Isaac Albeniz - Asturias
- Camille Saint-Saens - Death's Dance
- Carl Orff and Giuseppe Verdi - Dies Irae & O Fortuna
- Gustav Mahler - Adagietto
- Sergei Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights from the ballet Romeo and Juliet
Harp and Orchestra
- F. Boieldieu - Concerto for Harp in C-major
- G. Handel - Concert in B-major
- W. Mozart - Concert for Harp and flute
- G. Pierne - Konzertstück
- A. Zabel - Concerto in c-minor
- R. Gliere - Concerto
- J. Williams - Harry Potter for 2 harps
- A. Ginastera - Concerto
- J. Rodrigo - Concierto “Aranjuez”
- G. Tailleferre - Concertino
Harp and Voice
avec Tenor:
- Franz Schubert - Winterreise, Die schöne Müllerin
- Ludwig van Beethoven - An die ferne Geliebte
- Francesco Paolo Tosti - La serenata, L'ultima Canzone
- Benjamin Britten - Death of the Saint Narcissus and others
avec Soprano:
- Maurice Ravel - Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera, Histoires naturelles
- Claude Debussy - Romances
- Manuel de Falla - Soneto a Córdoba
- Eva Dell'Aqua - Villanelle
- Giacomo Puccini - O mio babbino caro and others
Harp and Flute
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Air
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Siciliano
- Christoph Willibald Gluck - Reigen seliger Geister und Mélodie
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Andantino
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Andante in C major
- Giuseppe Saverio Mercadante - Largo
- Franz Schubert - Ave Maria
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Andante espressivo Es-Dur
- Johann Sebastian Bach/Charles Gounod - Ave Maria
- Gabriel Fauré - Après un rêve
- Camille Saint-Saëns - Romance
- Charles-Marie Widor - Romance
- Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski - Douce rêverie
- Gabriel Fauré - Berceuse
- Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski - Valse sentimentale
- Camille Saint-Saëns Le cygne
- Gabriel Fauré - Pavane
- Claude Debussy - Rêverie
- Gabriel Fauré - Sicilienne
- Jules Massenet - Méditation
- Claude Debussy - Clair de lune
- Carl Reinecke - Lento e mesto
- Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
- Claude Debussy - La fille aux cheveux de lin
- Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow - Vocalise
- Henri Tomasi - Le Petit Chevrier Corse
- Otar Taktakischwili - Aria
- Ian Clarke - Orange Dawn
- George Frideric Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- François Joseph Gossec - Tambourin (from: Le triomphe de la République)
- Antonio Bazzini - La ronde des Lutins/Scherzo fantastique
- François Schubert - L’Abeille/The Bee
- Antonín Dvořák - Humoreske
- Benjamin Godard - Valse
- Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski - Dance of the Mirlitons
- Wilhelm Popp - Russisches Zigeundlied
- Patápio Silva - Primeiro amor
- Aram Khachaturian - Lezginka
- Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen
- Béla Bartók - 6 rumänische Volkstänze
- Georg Philipp Telemann - Recorder Sonata
- Franz Doppler - Airs Valaques, Fantaisie pour flute et piano
- John Rutter - Prelude, Ostinato, Aria, Waltz (from: Suite Antique)
Harp and Organ
- Marcel Grandjany - Aria in a classic style
- Franz Poenitz - Catalonisches Lied, Phantasie
- Camille Saint-Saens - Aquarium, Cygne
- Alexander Boldachev - Verbum after Nabokov for Harp, Organ, Choir and Text and others
Harp and Ballet
- Alexander Glazunov - Raymonda
- Leon Minkus - Don Quixote
- Petr Tchaikovksy - Sleeping Beauty and others
Harp and Violin
- G. Caccini (V. Vavilov) - Ave Maria
- F. Kreisler - Liebesleid und Schön Rosmarin
- G. Händel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- E. Elgar - Salut d'Amour
- J. Massenet - Meditation
- V. Monti - Chardash
- R. Wagner - Ein Albumblatt
- C. Saint-Saens - The Swan
- A. Piazzolla - Cafe 1930 und Liebertango
- P. Tchaikovsky - Melodie and Scherzo
- Nicolo Paganini: Introduction and Variations on aria Di tanti Palpiti
- Camille Saint-Saens - Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Op.124
- C. Chaplin - Suite (Limelight, A King in New York, A countess from Hong Kon”)
- J. Williams - StarWars
- H. Zimmer and K. Badelt - The pirates of the Caribbean
- N. Rota - Suite (Romeo and Juliet, 81⁄2, The Godfather)
- R. Djawadi - Game of Thrones
- É. Serra - Diva Song from The Fifth Element
- H. Shore - Lord of the Rings
- J. Hisaishi - Howl’s Moving Castle
- T. Bush - World of Warcraft
Harp and Saxophone
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Aria
- Astor Piazzolla - Ave Maria, Oblivion, Libertango
- Darius Milhaud - Brasileira
- Michael Jackson - Speechless, Billie Jean
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s OST - Moon River
- Good Morning Vietnam OST - What a wonderful world
- Frank Sinatra - My Way
- Sting - Shape of my Heart
- Sia - Chandelier
- One Republic - Counting Stars
- Mikhail Glinka - Ruslan and Lyudmila
- Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor
- Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition excerpts
- Alexander Spendiarov - Haiterma
- Peter Tchaikovsky - Russian Dance from Sleeping Beauty
- Shostakovich - Romance from the movie Ovod and the Waltz from Jazz Suite No2
- Gregory Sviridov - Time, Forward!
Harp and Piano
- Georges Bizet — Carmen
- Franz Schubert — Ave Maria op. 52
- Claude Debussy — Prélude à l‘après-midi d‘un faune
- Paul Bazelaire — Fantasiestück
- Theodore Labarre — Duo su temi della Gazza ladra di Rossini
- Maurice Ravel — Introduction et Allegro
- Sergei Rachmaninov — Suite, Op. 5
- Alexander Alyabyev — Rossignol
- Francis Poulenc — L’Embarquement pour Cythère
- Petr Tchaikovsky — Romeo et Juliette Suite for Harp and Piano
Harp and Cello
- J.S Bach - Sonata Nr. 3 per Viola da Gamba in sol min. (BWV 1029)
- Alfred Schnittke - Suite im alten Stil
- Franz Schubert - Sonata Arpeggione in la minore
- Astor Piazzolla - L’histoire du Tango, Libertango, Oblivion
- Antonio Vivaldi - Sonata Nr. 5 in mi minore (RV 40)
- Luigi Boccherini - Sonata in sol magg. detta la militare
- Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)
- Saint-Saens - The Swan
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ALEXANDER BOLDACHEV
Alexander Boldachev is a virtuoso-harpist, composer, exclusive artist of Italian harp house Salvi Harps, initiator of the World Harp Day, founder of the Zurich Harp Festival, co-founder of community “LYUDẎ”. Laureate of more than a dozen prestigious international competitions, including composing competitions; awarded by the “Britain's Brilliant Prodigies”, “Aoyama Music Award” in Kyoto, “Pro Europa” in Austria, presented by Heinz Fischer for high achievements in the field of culture; Fellow of the international foundations Vontobel in Switzerland and Banque Populaire in France, as well as the Russian foundations for the development of young musicians Spivakov, Temirkanov, the Rotary Club and Houses of Music that gave a start to his career. Laureate of the Prix Walo television award in Switzerland.
Plays the harp, piano and writes music from the age of five. Travels with solo concerts around the world, leads master classes at such educational institutions as the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Juilliard School in New York, Royal Academy in London, Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest. In 2018, wrote and performed an electronic harp solo at the FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony, sharing the stage with Robbie Williams and Aida Garifullina. Performs in such world halls as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Hall of Gaveau in Paris, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Great Hall of the Philharmonic in St. Petersburg, and others, both with solo concerts and in collaboration with many European and Russian orchestras.
Alexander Boldachev is a participant of the festivals Burning Man, Musical Olympus, New Names, Mozart+, Davos and Gstaad in Switzerland, Big Russian Ball in Rome, Bravo Award, SKIF Sergey Kuroyokhin, Burberry and D&G shows, projects of The Moscow and St. Petersburg Houses of Music.
1995 - 5 y.o.
1998 - 8 y.o.
1999 - 2002
2006 - 2010
2005
2015
2016 - 2017
2018
The first World Tour: 25 countries, 91 concert, 18 master classes. Performed a solo at the FIFA World Cup 2018 Opening Ceremony sharing the stage with Robbie Williams
2020
Initiated World Harp Day. Debut recital at Carnegie Hall
2019
Aoyama Music Award in Kyoto. Established the first Zurich Harp Festival
2010 - 2014
2021 - 2026
Release of the first digital NFT token. Produced projects at the "Night of Arts" festival and VDNH
First time on stage and first own composition
First international concert and performance with an orchestra
Actively performs in Russia
Laureate in more than 10 harp and composition competitions. Beginning of studies with Catherine Michel in France
Laureate in more than 10 harp and composition competitions. Beginning of studies with Catherine Michel in France
Active participant of European festivals
Laureate of competitions in Paris, St. Petersburg, Milan, Zurich
Laureate of competitions in Paris, St. Petersburg, Milan, Zurich
Beginning of studies in harp, composition, and conducting at the Zurich University of the Arts
Guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.
Becomes an Exclusive Artist of the Italian House Salvi Harps
Becomes an Exclusive Artist of the Italian House Salvi Harps
The first albums "Harp as an Orchestra", "From Russia with Harp", Celebration with Flute, Musical Adventure with Violin, and a meditative album were released. Wrote over 100 arrangements of classical music for harp
Music Director of the play "Akhmatova. Poem without a Hero" at the Gogol Center. Author of new works for harp premiered at the Bolshoi Theater and the Conservatory
1995 - 5 y.o.
First time on stage and first own composition
1998 - 8 y.o.
First international concert and performance with an orchestra
1999 - 2002
Actively performs in Russia
Laureate in more than 10 harp and composition competitions. Beginning of studies with Catherine Michel in France
Laureate in more than 10 harp and composition competitions. Beginning of studies with Catherine Michel in France
2005
Beginning of studies in harp, composition, and conducting at the Zurich University of the Arts
2006 - 2010
Active participant of European festivals
Laureate of competitions in Paris, St. Petersburg, Milan, Zurich
Laureate of competitions in Paris, St. Petersburg, Milan, Zurich
2010 - 2014
The first albums "Harp as an Orchestra", "From Russia with Harp", Celebration with Flute, Musical Adventure with Violin, and a meditative album were released. Wrote over 100 arrangements of classical music for harp
2015
Guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.
Becomes an Exclusive Artist of the Italian House Salvi Harps
Becomes an Exclusive Artist of the Italian House Salvi Harps
2016 - 2017
Music Director of the play "Akhmatova. Poem without a Hero" at the Gogol Center. Author of new works for harp premiered at the Bolshoi Theater and the Conservatory
2018
The first World Tour: 25 countries, 91 concert, 18 master classes. Performed a solo at the FIFA World Cup 2018 Opening Ceremony sharing the stage with Robbie Williams
2019
Aoyama Music Award in Kyoto. Established the first Zurich Harp Festival
2020
Initiated World Harp Day. Debut recital at Carnegie Hall
2021 - 2026
Release of the first digital NFT token. Produced projects at the "Night of Arts" festival and VDNH
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