Recognized as one of Canada's most outstanding musicians, internationally renowned pianist Alexander Tselyakov has been described as a "phenomenal pianist" (Germany), having "an intoxicating sound" (Israel), and "a perfect artistic individuality" (Russia).
   He began his concert career with the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra in his native Soviet Union at the age of nine. Tselyakov has won major prizes at the prestigious VIIIth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, the Second International Music Competition of Japan. Tselyakov combines virtuosity with breath-taking musicality in the Russian tradition of great pianists. He studied with Lev Naumov (custodian of the Heinrich Neuhaus methods that are credited with producing many extraordinary twentieth-century Russian keyboard masters such as Gilels and Richter) at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Tselyakov has distinguished himself as guest soloist with some of the world's most renowned orchestras such as the Leningrad Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic, the Moscow Radio Symphony, the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others.
     Tselyakov has appeared as a recitalist at major festivals and concert halls around the world such as the Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, the Carnegie Recital Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London,  at Merkin Hall (New York), at Blackheath Hall (London), the Regentenbau Hall  (Germany), the Ford Centre, the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, the Temppeliakin Kirkko Hall in Helsinki, the University of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo, the Conservatorii Publico Professional in Granada (Spain), the Stockholm-Royal Palace Music Festival (Sweden), and at the Concert & Congress Centre de Doelen, Rotterdam (Netherlands), to name a few.  Tselyakov has also been heard on WQXR New York's "Reflections on the Keyboard", on the Danish Radio, on the BBC Radio (London, UK), ON Erstsendung, DeutschlandRadio Berlin (Germany) and on CBC Radio (Canada).
     He resides in Manitoba, Canada where he is Professor of Piano at Brandon University School of Music.

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