CAREER HISTORY

Alexandre Dossin

Alexandre Dossin was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, September 13, 1970, and began to play piano at age five. His first public performance was at age seven and at age eight he performed in the biggest concert hall of his hometown, playing for more than 2000 people. Following this outstanding success, Alexandre Dossin made a broadcast for Brazilian national television and was chosen one of the musical revelations in 1980. In the same year he began to study at the Extension Course of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.  

In 1982 Mr. Dossin made his first piano solo recital and was immediately acclaimed as the most talented artist of his age in Brazil. Since his first public performance, he has constantly appeared on television, radio, newspapers and magazines throughout Brazil.

Mr. Dossin successfully participated in piano competitions in Brazil, receiving Grand Prix and Hours Concours in the Villa-Lobos Competition (1987), First Prize and two Special Prizes in the First Edino Krieger National Piano Competition (1988), 2nd Prize in the Santa Maria International Piano Competition (1987), and a scholarship to study in the United States from the Sul America Competition (1982). He won the Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra Competition in the years 1984, 1985 and 1986.

At age 14, Alexandre Dossin was invited to be a soloist with the Montevideo Symphony Orchestra (Uruguay), and made a large concert tour in his home state.

In 1989, after participating in the First Brazil-Soviet Union Cultural Seminar, held in Rio de Janeiro, Alexandre Dossin received a full scholarship from the Ministry of Education of Soviet Union. He was selected among the 25 best Brazilian pianists by Professor Boris Romanov, Dean of the Piano Faculty in the Musical College of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

In October 1989, Alexandre Dossin moved to Moscow, where he lived until May, l998, having first studied from l989 to l991 at the Musical College of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, class of Professor Boris Romanov, and from 1991 to 1997 at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, class of Professor Sergei Dorensky.

Alexandre Dossin received the Master of Fine Arts Degree in Piano Performance from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in June l996. He also was an Assistant to Professor Sergei Dorensky and finished the Advanced Post Graduate Course in Piano Performance in l997.

                During his years in Moscow, Alexandre Dossin has developed a large piano repertoire and was constantly invited to perform both in solo recitals and with orchestra throughout Russia. Mr. Dossin performed at the best concert halls in Russia, including the Bolshoy Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Great Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Great Hall of the Russian Academy of Music, Rachmaninov Hall, Glinka Museum, Small Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Great Hall of the Novossibirsk Philharmonia. Alexandre also performed with the following orchestras in Russia: Tchaikovsky Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Novossibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Ministry of Defense Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra “Moscow” and others.

During his studies, Alexandre Dossin was selected to participate in International Piano Competitions in Switzerland (Geneva, 1992), Italy (Mazara-del-Vallo, 1993, Bolzano, 1997), Czech Republic (Prague, 1993), South Africa (Pretoria, 1994), Austria (Salzburg, 1995), Greece (Athens, 1996), Great Britain (London, 1997, Glasgow, 1998), Japan, (Hamamatsu, 1997) and in the United States (Forth Worth, 1997).

Alexandre Dossin was awarded the Silver Medal and 2^nd Honorable Mention in the Maria Callas Grand Prix (Athens, Greece, 1996), 3^rd Prize and Special Prize in the Mozart International Piano Competition (Salzburg, Austria, 1995), and 4^th Prize in the Mazara-del-Vallo International Piano Competition (Sicily, Italy, 1993). In May 1997, among more than 200 applications from the best pianists of the world, Alexandre Dossin was one of the 35 selected to take part in the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, held in Forth Worth, Texas. After his performance at the Ed Landreth Auditorium, he was invited to move to Texas and pursue the Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied under the supervision of Professor William Race.

In September 1997, Alexandre Dossin was the youngest person ever to receive the prestigious State Award “Ambassador of Rio Grande do Sul” in Brazil. In May 1998, he moved to Texas, USA, and performed solo recitals in Grapevine and Austin. Mr. Dossin also made several live broadcasts at the KUT FM and KMFA FM radio stations in Austin.

Alexandre Dossin was appointed as a full-time Teaching Assistant at the School of Music for 1999-2001 and also Coordinator of the Piano Project for 2000-2001. Alexandre Dossin studied under the supervision of Professor Gregory Allen during the 1999-2001 academic years.

                Alexandre Dossin received the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in 2001 from the University of Texas at Austin, and keeps an active concert performance in the US, Brazil and Europe. Recent engagements included recitals in Virginia, Paris and Brazil. In July 2000 Alexandre Dossin was one of six semifinalists selected among 120 candidates at the New Orleans International Piano Competition. Alexandre Dossin performed more than 200 recitals and concerts with orchestras in fifteen countries. He appeared in more than 300 articles in newspapers and magazines throughout Brazil, Russia, Japan, Europe and the USA. 

In August, 2003, Alexandre Dossin was awarded the First Prize and Special Prize at the Martha Argerich International Piano Competition (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Alexandre Dossin was on the faculty at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 2001-2002 and is currently Assistant Professor of Piano at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.