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, and co-founder of the 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.
He has played the harp and piano and written music since the age of five.

He travels for solo concerts around the world, leads master classes at educational institutions such as the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, the Juilliard School in New York, Royal Academy in London, Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest. In 2018, he wrote and performed an electronic harp solo at the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony, sharing the stage with Robbie Williams and Aida Garifullina.

He performs in world halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Salle 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.
Boldachev is a participant of festivals, including 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, and projects of The Moscow and St. Petersburg Houses of Music.

Education

• BM, Saint Petersburg Conservatory, 1997
• Artist Diploma, Zurich University of the Arts, 2007

Academic Area

• School of the Arts

Expertise

• Harp Performance
• Orchestration
• Composition

Courses Taught

• MUS 1S2 – Applied Harp
• GMUS 520 – Applied Harp