BIO

Flutist Aleksandr Haskin was born in Minsk, Belarus and studied five years at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Professor A. Golyshev (merited artist of Russia and principal flutist of the Bolshoi Theatre).  He is currently a freshman at the Yale University School of Music and studies with flutist/professor Ransom Wilson.

Flute Masterclasses Attended:
Aurele Nicolet, Andras Adorjan (twice), Ransom Wilson (twice), Michael Parloff, Paul Meisen, Pierre-Yves Artaud, Jean Ferrandis, Felix Renggli, Patti Monson, Gabriele Fumet,  Elzbieta Gajewska (5 times), Bruno Meier (3 times), Yuriy Doljikov, Roswitha Staege, Helen Bledso, Hans-Joachim Fuss (twice), Benedec Chalog (twice), Wilbert Hazelzet.

Chamber Music Masterclasses:
Master classes in chamber music with: Krzystof Penderecki, Boris Berman, Jerome Pernod, Jerome Dukro, Richard Killmer, Humbert Lucarelli, Frank Morelli, Joan Panetti, William Purvis, and Tokyo String Quartet.

Scholarships received:
2004:  The endowment of Konstantin Orbelyan (artistic director of State Chamber Orchestra of Russia)

2005:  The Russian Performing Arts Foundation

Prizes/Awards and Competitions:

Woolsey Concerto Competition, Yale University, 2007

International Contemporary Chamber Music Competition, Cracow, Poland, 2006

Prize winner:

1st Prize in the duo category (2005)

1st Prize in the trio category (2005)

2nd Prize in the duo category (2004)

7th International Music Competition in Astana, Kazakhstan, 2004
3rd International Carl Nielsen Flute Competition in Odense, Denmark

RECITALS/PERFORMANCES IN:

USA, China, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Holland, England, Poland, Israel, Russia and Belarus

Performances with Alexander Rudin's Chamber Orchestra Musica Viva, and at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow as well as the Belarusian State Opera, in addition to other symphony and chamber orchestras.

FESTIVALS:

USA, England, Germany, Holland and Russia - 2000 through 2006