Alissa Firsova is a British-Russian pianist, composer and
conductor. As a pianist she gave her Wigmore Hall and Proms
debuts in 2009 and has appeared in Dartington, Cheltenham,
Presteigne, Messiaen at Southbank, Fuerstensaal Classix and
Seattle festivals as well as numerous concert venues throughout
UK, Germany, Holland, France, Turkey, Portugal, Switzerland
and the US. She has enjoyed collaborations with distinguished
artists such as Stephen Kovacevich, Tim Hugh, Roman Simovic,
Andrew Marriner, Julius Berger and the Dante Quartet. Her
debut solo piano CD, Russian Emigres, was released in Aug
2015 on Vivat with music by Rachmaninov, her parents and
herself.
Since winning the BBC Proms/Guardian Young Composer
competition in 2001, she has received two world premieres at
the Proms, both conducted by Andrew Litton: her Bach Allegro
was performed by the RPO in 2010 and her Bergen’s Bonfire
Op. 31 featured in the Bergen Philharmonic’s 250th Anniversary
Prom in 2015. Her music was also performed by Imogen
Cooper, Henning Kraggerud, Tim Hugh, Julius Berger, Dante
Quartet, Netherlands Blazer Ensemble, Seattle Chamber
Players, Xenia Ensemble, Philharmonia Soloists, Northwest
Sinfonietta, Interface Quartet, Tana Quartet and Britten
Sinfonia. She was recently invited to Verbier, Asiago and
Conques Festivals as composer-in-residence and her music is
recorded on CD by Henning Kraggerud and The Sixteen.
After completing the postgraduate conducting course at Royal
Academy of Music under Colin Metters, Alissa had her triple-
debut with the English Chamber Orchestra as director,
composer and conductor at the Cadogan Hall in 2013. In 2015
she conducted the Camerata RCO in the world premiere of her
Le Soleil de Conques Op. 33.
Alissa is very grateful for the generous support from
L’Association des Amis de Canisy, the Zvi and Ofra Meitar
foundation.