Alexandra Tchernakova

Solo recitals

Solo recitals

Solo recitals grounded in the classical tradition, drawn to twentieth-century and contemporary music, with a particular commitment to living composers, new works and imaginative programming.

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Alexandra Tchernakova smiling with her hands together as the audience applauds, in a hall with stone and brick walls and a brass chandelier

The programme

Ramble on Piano in recital

Built around her debut solo album, Ramble on Piano (GB Records, 5 February 2027), devoted entirely to music by living composers.

Available as a 35-minute concert without interval, or as the first half of an extended recital.

Extended recital: Ramble on Piano with Ginastera’s Piano Sonata No. 1 and de Falla’s Allegro de Concierto.

Full repertoire list available on request.

  1. Yuri BryarsJean-Baptiste (Paul Christian) Pitois in Pédale
  2. David RidleyShimmers
  3. Alberto GinasteraPiano Sonata No. 1
  4. Fazıl SayBlack Earth
  5. Lee BradshawBagatelle II
  6. Gavin BryarsRamble on Cortona
  7. Manuel de FallaAllegro de Concierto

Chamber & contemporary

Chamber music

Chamber music is the other pillar of her work: an ensemble, a duo, and a long practice with singers and in opera.

Alexandra Tchernakova at a grand piano on an outdoor stage at night with an electric guitarist and a keyboard player, the audience seated under the trees
Gavin Bryars Ensemble · Superspectives festival, Maison de Lorette, Lyon · 19 June 2022

The Gavin Bryars Ensemble

Since 2020 she has been principal pianist of the Gavin Bryars Ensemble, working closely with the composer himself on projects including Nothing Like the Sun with Opera North and Ramble on Cortona at the Barbican.

Duo with Manuel Teles

With the Portuguese saxophonist Manuel Teles she forms a duo devoted to cross-genre contemporary repertoire; their debut album STEPDANCE (GB Records, 2025) features music by Gavin Bryars, Fazıl Say, Mário Laginha and Chick Corea.

From chamber music: the voice

Singers & opera

Working with singers is a natural branch of her chamber music. Alexandra holds a Master’s in Contemporary Chamber Music specialising in work with singers, and is an experienced maestro collaboratore.

Now
Maestro collaboratore, Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado, Milan
2023
Così fan tutte, Royal Opera House Muscat, at the invitation of Ravenna Festival
2022
Riccardo Muti’s Italian Opera Academy: Verdi’s Requiem, Teatro Alighieri, Ravenna
Bristol, 2011–2015
Répétiteur: Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Così fan tutte, The Magic Flute, The Mikado
Singers
Riccardo Zanellato, Juliana Grigoryan, Sarah Gabriel, John Potter, Leonardo Cremona, Omar Mancini
Alexandra Tchernakova playing on a concert stage in red and purple light
Four working languages in the rehearsal roomEnglish · Italiano · Русский · Français

Festivals & stages

Selected appearances

  • La Biennale di VeneziaVenice
  • SuperspectivesLyon
  • Torino Jazz FestivalTurin
  • BarbicanLondon
  • Piano City MilanoMilan
  • Opera NorthLeeds
  • Pianofestival TwenteNetherlands
  • Café OtoLondon
  • St George’s BristolBristol
  • Faenza SaxArts FestivalFaenza
  • Imola Summer Music FestivalImola
  • Fragments: The Wasteland Festival

Watch

In recital

Beethoven · Piano Sonata Op. 10 No. 3, movements 3 & 4

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Programmes, dates and venues

For festivals, concert series and venues: send a few details and Alexandra will reply personally.

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