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“This brilliant pianist can create incredible excitement and knows how to please the crowd,” the Washington Post reported in a review of Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto performed by Alexander Peskanov and the Richmond Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. Peskanov’s American debut as an orchestral soloist was with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, and since then he has appeared internationally with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, SABC Symphony Orchestra, Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Janacek Chamber Orchestra and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and in the United States with orchestras in Baltimore, St. Louis, Houston, Salt Lake City, Richmond and many other cities. Over the years, Alexander has performed in Central and South America, with the national orchestras of Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Guatemala.