Duo Hands

Piano Duet

Alexandra ROSHCHINA and Alain JACQUON

Alexandra Roshchina and Alain Jacquon have been exploring the piano duo repertoire for several years, performing both four-hand works and pieces for two pianos.

Their concerts offer a wide-ranging and open-minded programming that combines rediscoveries of the duo repertoire with original transcriptions of major works, many of which they adapt themselves.

Through music, they aim to create intense and convivial moments, leading audiences off the beaten path of the classical repertoire and toward new musical horizons, offering a fresh listening experience of both well-known and lesser-known pieces.

Originally from Saint Petersburg, Alexandra Roshchina began piano at the age of five and gave her first public performance at six. She studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov Music School and College before entering the Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, where she graduated with the highest honors (First Prizes in piano, accompaniment, chamber music, and piano pedagogy). She later continued her development in France, perfecting a highly personal style recognized for its intensity and originality, studying notably at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon (Master’s degree), the Royal Academy of Music in London, and the Conservatory of Amsterdam.

Alexandra Roshchina has performed in recital at the Bayreuth Festival and the La Roque d’Anthéron International Piano Festival. She currently teaches piano, piano ensemble, and the management of artistic emotions at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Lyon.

Alain Jacquon performs and conducts regularly throughout France, Europe, Asia, the United States, Canada, and South Africa.

He has recorded numerous rare French works for the labels Timpani, Maguelone, and Arion. These recordings have been widely acclaimed by critics and awarded the Grand Prix du Disque of the Académie Charles Cros, two Diapasons d’Or, and a Choc du Monde de la Musique, among others.

A graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with eight First Prizes including Piano, he has been a prizewinner at several international piano competitions, among them the Marguerite Long Competition (Paris, 2001), Pretoria International Competition (1982), Pozzoli, Busoni, and Viotti (which he won in 1977).

He has directed several conservatories, including those of Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt, Montpellier, and Lyon, and is the founder of the International Music Academy of Paris.