"If you want something done right do it yourself"
--- Charles-Guillaume Étienne
I know my goals: to change the image of the Harp, to make people lose the stereotypes about this instrument. To destroy the myths about the antic, quiet instrument, with no repertoire. To share new vibes with the listeners around the world and give the colleagues a chance and motivation to grow the maximum of their performing possibilities.
For this purpose, I need a special tool: the Label, which will produce all kinds of musical experience: recordings/arrangements/compositions/festivals/competitions/books about the Instrument and Methods. Also, there are a lot of talented people worldwide, which could also benefit from the label in the future, publishing their recordings and compositions.
And I need your support to make it happen.
Particular expenses are coming with these projects: registration costs, design, publishing, royalties claim, and printing costs.
The Name of the label is “Alex Bold" - first letters of my Name and Family Name.
I prepared for you a lot of different ways to support this project and hope that the result will satisfy every single participant.
You can always write to me with your questions!
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Description of the expenses:
- Registration of the Label “Alex Bold”
- Costs for the official procedures
- Acquiring the royalties for the following CDs:
“From Russia with Harp”
“The Harp as an Orchestra”
“Musical Adventure with Alexander Boldachev”
“Celebration with Tanya Pimenova”
- Publishing and distribution costs of the Chopin CD 2019 “Frédéric”
- Publishing costs of sheet music and arrangements + SUISSA (acquiring the author rights for the arrangements from the right holders)
- Administrative expenses
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Alexander's CV:
Alexander Boldachev is a virtuoso harpist, composer, teacher, world-renowned musician, official artist of Salvi Harps, guest artist of the Bolshoi Theatre. Laureate of more than a dozen prestigious international competitions; awarded by the “ Britain's Brilliant Prodigies ”, “ Pro Europa ” in Austria and “ Aoyama Music Award ” in Japan; In the early years he was supported and promoted by the Spivakov and Temirkanov foundations, the Rotary Club, the Houses of Music, the “Banque Populaire” and the “Vontobel Stiftung Lyra”.
He studied at the Zurich University of the Arts and became the best graduate of professor Catherine Michel, studying piano, composition, and conducting.
Alexander has been playing both the harp and the piano and composing music since the age of five. He was born in St. Petersburg then started to get lessons in France when he was twelve. In Zurich, Alexander has been living since the age of fifteen and received the citizenship of Switzerland. Today, being busy with the concert schedule, he is traveling around the world.
In June 2018, Alexander performed his composition on the “Delta” Electric Harp at the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup, sharing the stage with Robbie Williams and Aida Garifullina. Same year for the unique performance of Red Hot Chili Peppers' song "Californication" on the harp, Alexander got the prize " Best Rock Song Cover " from the Akademia Music Award in Los Angeles.
As a teacher, he is leading the Masterclasses at such universities as the Royal Academy of Music, the Liszt Academy, the Julliard School, the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, and et al.
His extensive compositional activity concentrates on expanding the harp repertoire by means of transcriptions of classical music (“Scheherazade”, “Petrushka”, “Romeo&Julia”), interpretation of popular hits (The Beatles, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Nirvana, Scorpions, Adele) and movie music (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Fifth Element, Spirited Away, James Bond). The medley themes from "Star Wars" made together with Alexander Kuznetsov became popular on YouTube and brought young musicians of the “Game of Tones” Swiss Prix Walo TV Award. Also, Alexander writes his own classical, electronic music and improvise, performing his compositions on the concerts.
In 2017, the artist was invited to the Bolshoi Theatre by its musical director Tugan Sokhiev to perform on premieres of the "Carmen", the "Damnation of Faust" and the acclaimed "Nureyev", where he edited and played the unique solo for the Harp on Stage. Moreover, since 2017, Alexander has been working as a music director, composer, and actor of the theatre piece made created by Alla Demidova and Kirill Serebrennikov - "Akhmatova: Poem without a hero" in Gogol Centre. With Kirill Serebrennikov, he worked in many projects, including the debut work as the main role actor and composer in the short film dedicated to Paradzhanov. Alexander is conducting and moderating different types of performances and shows, including collaboration with ballet dancers, actors, instrumentalists, and even circus artists.
Alexander Boldachev is a participant of the festivals Burning Man , Musical Olympus, New Names, Mozart+, Davos and Gstaad in Switzerland, Big Russian Ball in Rome, Bravo Award, SKIF Sergey Kuroyokhin, Burberry and D&G shows, projects of The Moscow and St. Petersburg Houses of Music, "Young Performers of Russia", "Next Generation", "River of Talents". Alexander took part as a Jury member of the “Nota Bene” competition, First national symphonic musicians competition in Moscow, and the Harp Association Prize in Indiana, America.
The highlight of the year 2018 was the World Tour concerts, and masterclasses took place in the USA, England, France, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Germany, Turkey, Argentina, Italy, Serbia, and Russia.
Among his recordings are the “Harp as an Orchestra” with favorite Opera tunes, “From Russia with Harp” with 15 Russian Composers and several joint projects with violin, flute, piano, and harp.
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Next performances:
05.12 - Ankara, Turkey
08.12 - London, England
13.12 - Bishkek, Kyrgystan
17.12 - Damascus, Siria
20.12 - Cape Town - South Africa
27.12 - Johannesburg - South Africa
31.12 - Johannesburg - South Africa
11.01 - Florence - USA
14.01 - Los Angeles - USA
21.01 - New York - USA - Carnegie Hall
Birthday time!
Thank you once more for your support and care!
