Alexander Kashpurin (born 1996 in Volzhsky) is a Russian-Israeli pianist and conductor who trained at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg, graduating summa cum laude in 2019. In January 2026 he won both the first prize and the audience award at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht - as a last-minute substitute who had barely a month to prepare. He founded the Infinitum Chamber Orchestra in 2022 and serves as musical director of Replica Theatre in St. Petersburg. His Meta Opus concert programmes, which weave works from different eras around a single unifying idea, are a defining feature of his artistic identity.
Kashpurin won as a substitute - invited only after a cancellation shortly before Christmas - both the first prize (€ 25,000) and the audience prize (€ 2,000) at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht.
As winner of the Liszt competition, Kashpurin receives a winner's recital at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Kashpurin gave two intimate recitals at Kasteel den Ham in Utrecht, with works by Medtner and Rachmaninoff from his latest CD.
Kashpurin performed at the XXIV FestivaLiszt in Grottammare (Italy), with a program centered on Liszt.
Kashpurin graduated cum laude in 2025 as a conductor at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in Saint Petersburg.
Pianist Alexander Kashpurin performs at Kasteel Geldrop.
Russian pianist Alexander Kashpurin takes the stage at Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie in Leeuwarden.
Pianist Alexander Kashpurin performs his third Meta Opus 'The Temptation of Beauty' alongside Chopin ballades at the Pianola Museum.
