One of the most prominent Ukrainian pianists, Alexey Botvinov, is already well known to our audience. Born in a musical family in Odesa, the performer has performed in more than 45 countries, has performed at London's Wigmore Hall, Leipzig's Gewandhaus, Zurich's Tonhalle, Bonn's Beethovenhaus, Berlin, Hamburg Philharmonic; toured Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Canada, South Africa, China and many other countries.
in 2015 A. Botvinov founded the international music festival "Odessa Classics", is its president and artistic director. In the same year, the pianist was awarded the highest award of Ukrainian art - the title of People's Artist of Ukraine, 2020. awarded the Order of the Star of the Knight of Italy. After the Russian army invaded Ukraine and the war was going on, A. Botvinov organized charity concerts abroad and donated the collected funds to Ukrainian civilians and the army. in 2022 The 8th "Odessa Classics" concerts were held in exile, the closing concert of the festival took place on the stage of the Lithuanian National Philharmonic.
In the recital of the Vilnius Festival, the pianist will play the complex "Goldberg Variations" by Johann Sebastian Bach. A. Botvinov is on the list of world records as the only pianist in the world who has performed this piece more than 300 times. For the jubilee, the 300th time, the variations were played in his recital at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall in 2017.
in 1741 created "Goldberg Variations" is often called not only the most ambitious composition for harpsichord, but also the largest publication of the entire Baroque era (printed in 1742). The variations reflect Bach's seemingly unfathomable compositional knowledge and mastery of a variety of styles. This supercycle is a study of baroque variations, a microcosm of Bach's piano music, in which the composer captured the experience, history and memory of his era. Another work of such importance and dimensions, covering a huge area of the world of music, was in 1823. Completed "Diabelli Variations" by Ludwig van Beethoven.
