Alexander Puliaev

Alexander Puliaev was born in Leningrad (St.Petersburg) He received a piano soloist diploma from Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Prof. W. A. Natanson. He continued his education in Western Europe, where he took lessons with Gustav Leonhardt, Jos van Immerseel and Ketil Haugsand. He graduated from the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam, where his teachers were Anneke Uittenbosch (harpsichord) and Stanley Hoogland (fortepiano). In 1 993 he was awarded a prize at the International Harpsichord competition in Warsaw. Alexander Puliaev lives in Germany, where he is teaching at the Musikhochschule Köln and from where he has continued his international career. He has performed in chamber ensembles with such artists as Hidemi Suzuki, Dorothee Oberlinger, Vittorio Ghielmi, Hille Perl, Anton Steck, Sergio Azzolini, Dorothee Mields, Ketil Haugsand as well as with Concerto Köln, Ornamente 99, Kontraste Köln, Ensemble 1 700, Das Neue Orchester Köln, Van Wassenaer Orkest and Norwegian Baroque Orchestra.