Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya

Pianist Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya is recognized for her work as a pianist, harpsichordist, and fortepianist, performing both Baroque repertory and later music. Also an enthusiastic chamber musician, she is a member of Duo Pleyel. Nepomnyashchaya was born in Moscow in 1986. At age four, she began lessons at the city's Gnessin Special Music School, oriented toward youngsters who had shown unusual talent. From the beginning, she divided her efforts between piano and harpsichord; among her teachers, at a time when early music was relatively rare in Russia, she took lessons from h...