Starting from solo piano and making his way to writing for full orchestra, Alexander C. Moiseev has explored the realm of music from a very young age. He was first introduced to the piano around the age of four by his grandmother and her colleagues, who were acclaimed music teachers/professionals. When Alex was around eleven, he first started to extend his reach from solo piano into composing by creating rather spontaneous  melodies. Through searching and several recommendations, he was able to get in contact with an amazing teacher/mentor, Julie Harris, who was able to help structure those spontaneous melodies into true compositions.

Years later and still studying composition with Julie, Alex is now getting his works recognized and performed by different local ensembles. In addition to that, he is also continuing his solo piano studies, just having performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue alongside the Triangle Youth Philharmonic (with whom he also performs season repertoire as a timpanist) in November 2021. Taking these next steps, Alex is really looking forward to continuing his career and becoming a well rounded and professional musician.

Here is Alex’s piece, Arctic Revelations, for flute and piano, that made him a National Finalist.  Enjoy listening to the recording and then read more about the piece.

Arctic Revelations uses a colorful harmonic language that extends tonality and explores musical and emotional possibilities of both instruments.  The acrobatic flute passages contrast well with the sonorous chords of the piano, and later with the more bombastic piano exclamations. This wonderful chamber duet won first place in both the North Carolina competition and in the Southern Division competition.  Alex is now one of the Senior National Finalists.