Music
Russian pianist Alexander Paley, who calls Lithuania his second home, took his vocation seriously from a young age. Having played the piano since the age of six, he won a national music competition in Moldova just a decade later. After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory (in the classes of Bella Davidovich and Vera Gornostayeva), he can be proud of his first prize at the Leipzig International Bach Competition (1884), the Bosendorfer Prize (1986) and the Grand Prix Young Artist Debut (New York, 1988). While concerting, he has shuffled the world, sharing the stage with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Aspen Festival Orchestra, and more. The interviewed musician remembers his university days, discusses quarantine, and declares his love for Lithuania.