2025-2026 Season

Alexander Kobrin, piano

PROGRAM

HAYDN | Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6
SCHUBERT | Four Impromptus, Op. 90, D.899
SCHUMANN | Arabesque, Op. 18
SCHUMANN | Kreisleriana, Op. 16

Thursday, November 6, 2025 | 7:30 PM

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
154 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019

Tickets: $40
Students/Seniors: $35 at Box Office with ID

About Alexander Kobrin

“He surrendered neither the smoothness nor the dynamic fluidity that the modern piano allows,
and he gave his sense of fantasy free rein… creating an almost confessional spirit ."
The New York Times

Called the “Van Cliburn of today” by the BBC, pianist Alexander Kobrin has placed himself at the forefront of today's performing musicians. His prize-winning performances have been praised for their brilliant technique, musicality, and emotional engagement with the audience. The New York Times has written that Mr. Kobrin was a “fastidious guide” to Schumann’s “otherworldly visions, pointing out hunters, flowers, haunted corners and friendly bowers, all captured in richly characterized vignettes.” “This was a performance that will be revered and remembered as a landmark of the regeneration of exceptional classical music in Central New York,” a critic wrote after Mr. Kobrin’s performance of the Second Piano Concerto by Johannes Brahms with the Syracuse Symphony in Syracuse, NY.

In 2005, Mr. Kobrin was awarded the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, TX. His numerous successes in competitions also include top prizes at the Busoni International Piano Competition (First Prize), Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (Top Prize), and Scottish International Piano Competition in Glasgow (First Prize).