Pianist and composer.
Born in 1964 into a family of musicians, Alexander Markovich graduated from the Gnessin Special Middle School of Music and the Moscow Conservatoire, specialising in piano and symphony conducting. At the age of thirteen he was awarded 1st prize at the International Prague Youth Musicians’ Radio Competition.

Since 1990 he has lived in Israel. Has appeared together with Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Sergei Nakariakov, Julian Rachlin, Ida Haendel and Gérard Caussé at such prestigious venues as Wigmore Hall in London, Carnegie Hall in New York, Berlin’s Philharmonie, the Heichal Hatarbut in Tel Aviv, Suntory Hall in Tokyo and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

Works with major symphony orchestras including the Detroit, Montreal and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestras, the WDR Cologne Symphony, the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague, the London Philharmonic, the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra, the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria. After performing with the Bayerische Staatsorchester in Munich under Paavo Järvi the pianist was immediately re-invited to take part in the orchestra’s New Year Gala performance conducted by Zubin Mehta.

In recital and with orchestras he has given concerts at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire, Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires) and the Royal Festival Hall (London).

Has taken part in the Ruhr Piano Festival and the Stars of the White Nights festival.
In April 2015 at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre he gave a concert marking 175 years since the birth of Tchaikovsky.

The pianist has released discs with the Teldec, Deutsche Grammophon and Erato studios.