Biography
Pianist Alexander Ullman entered the international spotlight through rigorous training and a series of decisive victories in major competitions. His 2022 releases included Liszt’s Piano Sonata together with the composer’s two Piano Concertos, while he also joined flutists Noémi Győri and Gergely Madaras for the album Romantic and Virtuoso Music for flutes and piano.
Born in London on June 29, 1991, Ullman displayed prodigious ability at an early age and therefore attended the Purcell School for Young Musicians. From there he advanced to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, studying under Leon Fleisher and Ignat Solzhenitsyn among other distinguished mentors, before completing his formation at the Royal College of Music in London with Dmitri Alexeev and Ian Jones.
Competitions and public appearances quickly followed. In 2011 he captured first prize at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest; the following year he won the Tunbridge Wells International Young Artists Competition in Britain, and in 2013 he prevailed at the Lagny-sur-Marne International Piano Competition in France. These successes propelled him into solo recital circuits across Europe, North America, and Asia. By 2016 he had already performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony, and the Fort Worth Symphony, and he had played at Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Broadcasts on British, French, and German networks further broadened his reach. Between 2017 and 2019 his itinerary extended to the Seoul Arts Center, Mexico, the country of Georgia, and multiple cities in China, while his first significant chamber-music partnerships included violinist Barnabás Kelemen.
Ullman’s debut recording appeared on the Rubicon label in 2019. Eschewing conventional repertoire choices, he assembled an anthology of piano transcriptions drawn from Russian ballet scores—The Nutcracker, Petrushka, Cinderella, and The Firebird. During the 2021–2022 season he introduced Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, to audiences in Munich and Hong Kong through debuts with the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Later that year he returned to Rubicon for a second solo album, presenting Liszt’s Piano Sonata and Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with Andrew Litton conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and he again collaborated with Noémi Győri and Gergely Madaras on a collection of works for two flutes and piano by Franz Doppler and Friedrich Kuhlau.
Born in London on June 29, 1991, Ullman displayed prodigious ability at an early age and therefore attended the Purcell School for Young Musicians. From there he advanced to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, studying under Leon Fleisher and Ignat Solzhenitsyn among other distinguished mentors, before completing his formation at the Royal College of Music in London with Dmitri Alexeev and Ian Jones.
Competitions and public appearances quickly followed. In 2011 he captured first prize at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest; the following year he won the Tunbridge Wells International Young Artists Competition in Britain, and in 2013 he prevailed at the Lagny-sur-Marne International Piano Competition in France. These successes propelled him into solo recital circuits across Europe, North America, and Asia. By 2016 he had already performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony, and the Fort Worth Symphony, and he had played at Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Broadcasts on British, French, and German networks further broadened his reach. Between 2017 and 2019 his itinerary extended to the Seoul Arts Center, Mexico, the country of Georgia, and multiple cities in China, while his first significant chamber-music partnerships included violinist Barnabás Kelemen.
Ullman’s debut recording appeared on the Rubicon label in 2019. Eschewing conventional repertoire choices, he assembled an anthology of piano transcriptions drawn from Russian ballet scores—The Nutcracker, Petrushka, Cinderella, and The Firebird. During the 2021–2022 season he introduced Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, to audiences in Munich and Hong Kong through debuts with the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Later that year he returned to Rubicon for a second solo album, presenting Liszt’s Piano Sonata and Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with Andrew Litton conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and he again collaborated with Noémi Győri and Gergely Madaras on a collection of works for two flutes and piano by Franz Doppler and Friedrich Kuhlau.
Albums
Singles
