Laureate of the 2021 International Beethoven Competition in Bonn, Germany, Russian-American pianist Alexei Tartakovsky has been called a “fantastic musician and pianist” by Martha Argerich and “truly exceptional…superb playing…a thoughtful and serious musician” by the New York Concert Review. His tonal palette, superb technique, and profound musicianship have enthralled audiences worldwide and established him as one of the brightest talents of his generation. He first brought attention to his artistry by winning three top prizes in a one-year span at the Rolf and Brigitte Gardey International Competition in Daytona Beach, Florida, The New York Piano Competition, and the American Fine Arts Festival (AFAF) in New York, which resulted in his performing at Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall).

Immediately after, he won 3rd prize at the James Mottram International Piano Competition in Manchester (UK) and 1st prize at the Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition, which he won with a unanimous decision by the judges, who called him a “phenomenal, first-rate pianist” and “a monumental talent”.

Additional prizes include 1st prize at the New York Concert Artists International Competition in 2011. In 2012, he swept all three prizes at the San Jose International Competition: 1 st Prize, Audience
Prize, and prize for the best performance of a Russian work.

Since then, he has given concerts both solo and with orchestra in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Russia,
Europe, China, and Japan at halls that include the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Warsaw
Philharmonic, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, and Carnegie Hall. His playing has been broadcast on
Dutch Radio 4, Polish Radio 2, Russian Radio Orpheus, Chicago’s WFMT, and New York 39’s WQXR. He is currently a doctoral candidate as a student of Richard Goode at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he was awarded the coveted Graduate Center Fellowship. Tartakovsky keeps an active concert schedule, is the music director at Church of the Holy Spirit in Lebanon, NJ, teaches at Brooklyn College (CUNY), and maintains a private studio in Raritan, NJ.