Concert pianist, recording artist, & inspiring teacher
Considered by Martha Argerich an “extraordinary musician” and by the international critic a “phenomenon” and “a master of contrasts,” Steinway Artist Alexandre Dossin keeps an active performing, recording, and teaching careers. He is Professor of Piano and Chair of the piano department at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance.
In 1997 Dossin was the youngest person ever to receive the prestigious State Award "Ambassador of Rio Grande do Sul" in Brazil, and in 1998 he was the only student in the University of Texas at Austin School of Music to receive the Graduate Pre-Emptive Fellowship.
Conductors with whom Dossin has performed include Charles Dutoit, Isaac Karabtchevsky, and Michael Gielen, with orchestras such as the Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Brazilian National Symphony, Mozarteum University Symphony, and Tchaikovsky Conservatory Symphony. Dossin performed numerous live recitals for public radio in Wisconsin and Illinois, including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago. Dossin has performed in international festivals in Japan, Canada, the United States, and Argentina, in some occasions sharing the stage with Martha Argerich.
Critics have called Dossin a "wonderful pianist," "master of contrasts," "master of expressiveness," and “a stunning pianist with a symbiotic relationship with the instrument."
Dossin has several albums released worldwide by Naxos (Verdi-Liszt Paraphrases, Kabalevsky Sonatas, Kabalevsky Preludes, Liszt in Russia, Leonard Bernstein piano music, Prokofiev Childhood Manuscripts and Liszt’s Buch dar Lieder). He is also an editor for the Schirmer Performance Edition Series (Tchaikovsky The Seasons, Tchaikovsky Album for the Youth, Prokofiev Visions Fugitives, Liszt Consolations and Liebesträume, Rachmaninoff Preludes, vol. 1 and vol. 2).
A Steinway Artist, Dossin is the Vice-President of the American Liszt Society and president of its Oregon Chapter. Currently the chair of the keyboard area, he keeps a studio of advanced pianists from several countries and is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who Among America's Teachers.
First Prize and Special Prize, Martha Argerich International Piano Competition
(Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2003)
Silver Medal and Second Honorable Mention, Maria Callas Grand Prix
(Athens, Greece, 1996)
Third Prize and Special Prize, Mozart International Piano Competition
(Salzburg, Austria, 1995)
Fourth Prize, Mazara-del-Vallo International Piano Competition
(Mazara-del-Vallo, Italy, 1993)
First Prize and two Special Prizes, Edino Krieger National Piano Competition
(Brusque, Brazil, 1988)
Hours Concours, Villa-Lobos National Piano Competition
(Bage, Brazil, 1987)
Second Prize, Santa Maria International Piano Competition
(Santa Maria, Brazil, l987)
The career of world-renowned pianist Alexandre Dossin began in his hometown of Porto Alegre, Brazil, performing in a university hall at seven years old. Captivated by his first round of thunderous applause, Dossin has since relentlessly sought mastery of the instrument and the art.
Dossin’s romantic yet articulately rhythmic style is a fusion of chorinhos played for childhood classmates and disciplined education at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. One of the few Brazilians behind the Iron Curtain at the time, Dossin spent nine years in Moscow immersed in a study of music and culture. While studying, Dossin won international prizes at the Mozart Competition (Salzburg), Maria Callas (Greece), and the hand in marriage of his wife Maria (a fellow student at the conservatory).
Dossin explored his virtuosity on the world stage after graduation, earning the accolades of Martha Argerich and an invitation to the prestigious Van Cliburn competition. When the University of Texas at Austin extended the offer of a doctorate and a teaching assistantship, Dossin found himself drawn to pedagogy. Dr. Dossin was surprised to find a harmonic relationship between teaching and performing: the profound understanding brought by teaching leading to richer performances, which charged the excitement to share his learnings with the next generation of musicians.
Dr. Dossin now balances a prolific career as a performing and recording artist with a full-time position as a Professor of Piano Performance at the University of Oregon.
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