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Alexander Doronin: Architect of Tone, Keeper of the Flame

Alexander Doronin was never meant to be famous. He learned piano on a secondhand upright bought from a neighbor who moved away, its ivories yellowed like old teeth and its soundboard scarred with cigarette burns. He lived in a narrow fourth-floor walk-up above a seamstress’s shop in a city that smelled of coal and cardamom, where winter light came thin and gray through lace curtains. Still, when Alexander pressed his fingers to the keys, the room filled with a warmth that the city denied him.

1. Haydn: Six Late Sonatas (Melodiya, 2015)

Follow Alexander Doronin’s concert calendar and upcoming album (Scriabin: The Complete Mazurkas) via his official website or Steinway & Sons artist page. alexander doronin piano