Simone Young

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Duration

This concert is expected to run for approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including a 20-minute interval.

Running Late?

We can’t guarantee entry if you’re running late. If there’s a suitable break in the performance, you’ll be guided to the first available seats.

Pre-Concert Talk

Join us for the pre-concert talk 45 minutes before the performance in the Function Room on Level 1, presented by Simon Bruckard.

Bach’s Fifth Piano Concerto covers entire worlds in ten brief but perfect minutes; Mozart is at his brilliant best in his Piano Concerto No.21, and in Gavrylyuk we have a soloist up for the challenge. 

Mozart’s genius leaps off the page of his Symphony No.36, with the brilliance and levity that is quintessential Mozart. 

These works benefit from an intimate relationship between musicians, something Gavrylyuk and the musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra have built up across 20 years of collaboration. And in the City Recital Hall you will experience that connection up close.

Program

JS BACH

Piano Concerto No.5

MOZART

Piano Concerto No.21

MOZART

Symphony No.36, Linz

Artists

Musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Alexander Gavrylyuk

Piano

“...his rendition was beyond exceptional, not only for his blistering technique but his phrasing – which bathed this familiar concerto in a new light.”

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 with Sydney Symphony & Donald Runnicles

Fraser Beath McEwing, J-Wire

A stunningly virtuosic pianist, Alexander is internationally recognised for his electrifying and poetic performances. His performance of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.3 at the BBC Proms was described as “revelatory” by The Times and “electrifying” by Limelight. Alexander was Artist-in-Residence at Wigmore Hall for the 23/24 season.

Highlights of the 2025-26 season include debuts with Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Opera North orchestra and i Solisti di Pavia. Alexander will also return to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Auckland Philharmonia. Recent highlights also include Hamburger Symphoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liege, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Estonian National Symphony, Phil Zuid, Enescu Philharmonic and Taiwan National Symphony. This season also sees returns to Baerum Kulturhaus and the Piano Masters Series in Stoke-on-Trent as a recital artist along with his recital debut at Theater Heerlen.

Alexander collaborates regularly with conductors including Rafael Payare, Alexandre Bloch, Thomas Søndergård, Donald Runnicles, Juraj Valcuha, Kirill Karabits, Edward Gardner & Gustavo Gimeno.

Born in Ukraine in 1984 and holding Australian citizenship, Alexander began his piano studies at the age of seven and gave his first concerto performance when he was nine years old. At the age of 13, Alexander moved to Sydney where he lived until 2006. He won First Prize and Gold Medal at the Horowitz International Piano Competition (1999), First Prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (2000), and Gold Medal at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition (2005).

As a recitalist Alexander has performed at the Musikverein in Vienna, Tonhalle Zurich, Victoria Hall Geneva, Southbank Centre’s International Piano Series, Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Master Pianists Series, Suntory Hall, Tokyo Opera City Hall, Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Cologne Philharmonie, Tokyo City Concert Hall, San Francisco, Sydney Recital Hall and Melbourne Recital Centre.

Alexander Gavrylyuk

City Recital Hall

Presented at

City Recital Hall

2 Angel Place, Sydney, New South Wales, NSW 2000

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