Born in Belgium in 1973 from both Polish and Indonesian parents, Alexander Gurning studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (BE). After completing his studies, he became assistant in the class of the world-renowned Russian pianist Evgeny Moguilevsky for three consecutive years. Soon after, Alexander moved to Moscow to attend further classes with Lev Naumov -Heinrich Neuhaus’ former assistant- and Victor Merzhanov –a representative of the Goldenweiser school- at the Moscow Conservatory (RU). Since then Alexander Gurning never stopped touring. He has appeared in world-renowned festivals such as the Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano (CH), the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (DE), the Festival International de Piano of La Roque d'Anthéron (FR), the Sapporo Music Festival (JP), the International Piano Festival of Obidos (PT), the Saratoga Chamber Music Festival (USA), the Tanglewood Music Festival (USA) and the Verbier Festivals (CH). Alexander Gurning has played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre National de Belgique, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Brussels or the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne with conductors such as Myung-Whun Chung, Charles Dutoit, Alexander Rabinovitch- Barakovsky or Christian Zacharias. Recently, Alexander toured Europe performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations to great acclaim. The recording career of Alexander Gurning started with a ‘Choc’ award from French magazine Le Monde de la Musique for his very first solo album, in the serie ‘Martha Argerich Presents’, with works of Stravinsky and Debussy. Other recording collaborations include frequent appearances with various prestigious musical friends in the annual EMI boxes made of live recordings from the Lugano Music Festival. Alexander received another award from French magazine Diapason as pianist of the Talweg trio, together with Sébastien Surel (violin) and Sébastien Walnier (cello), for their Tchaikovsky/Shostakovich album released on Triton in 2008. Alexander Gurning is also a founding member of the world renowned Soledad ensemble specialized in renewing the tradition of Tango. Together with Manu Comté (accordion and bandoneon), Jean-Frédéric Molard (violin), Patrick Schuyer (guitars) and Géry Cambier (bass), Soledad knows a tremendous success with their acclaimed albums on Virgin Classics (‘Soledad’ and ‘Del Diablo’) and on ENja (with the album ‘In concert’, released in 2009 and including one of Alexander’s own composition). Alexander’s superb classical technique combined with a musical horizon embracing not only classical music but also jazz, world music and film music make him one of the most fascinating, revered and accomplished artists of his generation.