A graduate of the Moscow Conservatoire and a prizewinner at the Viotti International competition in Italy, Alexander Ardakov has been living in England since 1991 where in addition to his performing career throughout the world he is a Professor of Piano at Trinity College of Music in London. He has performed for BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM and has made several CD recordings, including Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson. Among his recent engagements are recitals at the Bosendorfer Hall in Vienna, at St. John's Smith Square in London, at the Carnegie Hall in New York, in the Casteig Music Centre in Munich, in the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford and a much acclaimed sold-out recital in the Wigmore Hall in January 2007. In May 2004 he performed in one evening the three piano concertos (Schumann, Rachmaninov-2 and Tchaikovsky-1) with the 'Orquestra do Norte' in the Coluseo Hall in Oporto, Portugal. In May 2007 he performed Rachmaninov-2 in the famous Benaroya Hall in Seattle with the Cascade Symphony Orchestra, receiving a standing ovation from an audience of 2000. He has given performances and Master classes in France, Germany, USA, Poland, Russia and Denmark. Future plans include performances in the USA, France, Germany, Israel, Norway, Portugal and Russia.