Russian pianist Alexander Ghindin graduated from Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory after completing master class studies with Professor M.S. Voskrensky in 2001.

Aged 13 he had already won the Moscow Young Pianists' Competition, and at 14 became youngest ever winner at the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1994, later gaining Second Prize at Brussels International Reine Elisabeth Competition in 1999. In 2007 Alexander Ghindin won the 1st price at the Cleveland International Competition in USA .

Alexander Ghindin subsequently joined the Moscow State Philharmonic as soloist in 1999, and during his ensuing solo and orchestral career has performed in his native Russia , as well as in Europe and Japan . The numerous ensembles and orchestras he has played with include the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, London and Munich Philharmonic Orchestras, Orchester der Stadt Freiburg, New Japan Philharmonic, the Philharmonie de Liège, Flemish Radio, the Swedish Royal Festival Orchestra, Orchestre National de Belgique, Rotterdam Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Philharmonie de Luxembourgh, Israel Chamber Orchestra, the 'Moscow Virtuosi', the St. Petersburg "Camerata", Russian National Orchestra etc. The recitals provided the opportunity to work with a wide range of conductors, including Vladimir Fedosseyev, Saulus Sandeczkis, Vasily Sinaysky, Yuri Simonov, Dimitry Kitaenko, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vladimir Spivakov, Vladimir Verbitsky, Paavo Järvi, Alan Gilbert, Leonard Slatkin, Artur Fagen, Tomasso Placidi and Thomas Zanderling.

Alexander Ghindin has featured with numerous festivals, including those in Moscow, Stockholm, Echternach, Luxembourg, Colmar, La Roque d'Anthéron, Brussels, Limoges, the Montpellier Festival de Radio France, le Châtelet in Paris, Auditorium du Louvre, Sintra Festival in Portugal, Ruhr Klavier-Festival, Filharmonia Warscawa, and the Osaka International Festival.

Alexander Ghindin has played many distinguished venues, such as London's Barbican, the Averyfisher Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Gaveau, Théatre des Champs Elysees, and Théatre du Chatelet in Paris, Gasteig in Munich, Rudolfium in Prague, Riksallen in Stockholm, the Teatro Olympico in Rome, the Tel Aviv Opera, the Philharmonic Halls n Warsaw and St. Petersburg, the Moscow Conservatoire, and many others.

On the field of chamber music Alexander Ghindin has a major collaboration with Vladimir Spivakov which includes recordings with Capriccio and many concerts; and with Nikolay Petrov, with whom he has performed in concerts almost all the repertoire for two pianos.

Alexander Ghindin has recorded 15 CDs. These include a recording of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concertos N°s 1 & 4 in their original versions with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra led by Vladimir Ashkenazy (2001, on Ondine).

He has also appeared on TV and Radio in Russia , Germany , Belgium , Japan , France , Luxembourg , Poland and elsewhere.

Early in 2005 Alexander Ghindin appeared at Berlin 's Konzerthaus where he performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 4 in g-minor with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, led by Eliahu Inbal. In 2006 he appeared at Tokyo Suntory Hall performing Chopin Concerto ?1 with Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra led by James de Priest.

In 2006 he w as invited to Brussels Palais-des-Beaux-Arts for a concert dedicated to Belgium - Independence Day, where he performed Rachmaninoff`s Piano Conceto No 3 with the Orchestre National de Belgique, led by Jean-Claude C as adesus in the presence of Royal Family of Belgium. The same year Alexander Ghindin became “The Honoured Artist of Russia”

In summer 2008 he won the first prize of the International Piano competitions in Cleveland in USA and received a management for over 50 concerts in USA .