Alexander Gorin was born in the former Soviet Union. He graduated from the Azerbaijan Music Academy in Baku, having specialized in organ and piano. He supplemented his studies in Riga (Latvia) with Professor of Organ Larisa Bulava as well as with leading organists in the frames of the International Organ Academies in Haarlem (Holland) and Goteborg (Sweden) and several master classes. His artistic development received significant impulses through further studies of the organ with Professor of Organ Ludger Lohmann at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart. Alexander Gorin worked as an organ soloist of the Krasnoyarsk State Philharmonic Society in Siberia (Russia) and made numerous guest appearances. He taught accompaniment and chamber ensemble in the Krasnoyarsk Art Institute (Russia). Since 1991 he teaches organ at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University and is currently a Professor of Organ there.
Since 1991 he is a guest organ player in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed under the baton of conductors such as Zubin Mehta and others in Israel and abroad. He played organ in Saint-Saens Third Symphony in the number of performances as well as on CD recorded by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta. He appears regularly in concerts in Israel, Europe, South America and Far East. He has played in the Great Hall of the Philharmonic in St. Petersburg (Russia) and has participated in the Israel International Festival in Jerusalem. To commemorate the 250th anniversary of J.S. Bach’s death he played number of concerts in J.S. Bach Organ Solo-Festival in Tel Aviv. In the concert in the frame of International Music Festival Prague Spring he played music by renowned Czech composers Petr Eben and Otmar Macha in the presence of both composers. In the same concert he performed world premier of “Arabesque No. 5” by Israeli composer Ami Maayani. This piece was dedicated to Alexander Gorin by the composer. He played the Inauguration Concerts on the Eule Organ, which was built for the Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University in 2002.
Contact: goral@post.tau.ac.il
