Alexander Kashpurin

Name: Alexander Kashpurin
Start: 2026-10-02T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-02T21:30:00+02:00
Location: Pianola Museum

took place · 2 Oct 2026

Pianola Museum, Amsterdam

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Pianist Alexander Kashpurin performs on Friday, 2 October 2026 at the Pianola Museum on Westerstraat in Amsterdam. He presents his third Meta Opus, 'The Temptation of Beauty', alongside Chopin ballades. The Pianola Museum houses one of the world's largest collections of player pianos and mechanical instruments, with over 130 instruments in its collection. This Amsterdam date is one of four Dutch performances Kashpurin has scheduled across autumn 2026 and early 2027. The intimate venue on Westerstraat provides a distinctive setting for the evening.

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About the venue: Pianola Museum

The Pianola Museum in Amsterdam holds one of the world's largest collections of pianolas and mechanical pianos - over 130 instruments and tens of thousands of music rolls. Concerts are held regularly in the atmospheric canal-house setting, with the historic instruments actually played rather than just displayed. It paints a vivid picture of popular music culture around 1900.

Westerstraat 106 Get directions

About: Alexander Kashpurin

Winner of both the jury and audience prizes at the 2026 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht, Kashpurin stepped in as a late substitute and won the hall with Liszt's Second Piano Concerto. The St. Petersburg pianist is known for his Meta Opus programmes, in which pieces from different eras are shaped into a single continuous narrative.

First prize and audience prize, International Franz Liszt Piano Competition Utrecht 2026

First prize, International Čiurlionis Piano Competition Vilnius 2019 (plus 2 special prizes)

First prize, 'Les Étoiles du Piano' competition Lille 2021

First prize, 7th J. Vitols International Piano Competition Latvia 2017 (Grand Prix)

What's new

jan 2026
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.
jan 2026
As winner of the Liszt competition, Kashpurin receives a winner's recital at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
apr 2026
Kashpurin gave two intimate recitals at Kasteel den Ham in Utrecht, with works by Medtner and Rachmaninoff from his latest CD.

Tour

AmsterdamUtrechtOosterhoutLilleEcrainvilleShanghaiGrottammare

Tracks

In Search of EternityDebut album (2022), with works by Liszt, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky-Pletnev and Barber; Kashpurin plays and conducts.

Liszt: Pianoconcerto nr. 2 in A grootWinning performance at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition Utrecht 2026, with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest conducted by Stéphane Denève.

Rachmaninoff: Études-Tableaux op. 39Central to his Meta Opus programs and on his latest CD; performed at, among others, the Lille Piano(s) Festival 2025.

Michael Alexeyev: 26 Preludes for PianoRecording released on Chandos Records (2019).

Meta Opus III: The Temptation of BeautyConcert program performed at the Pianola Museum Amsterdam, with works around the theme of beauty.

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