Alissa Firsova is a British-Russian pianist, composer and conductor. She made her Wigmore Hall and Proms debuts in 2009 and has performed in numerous concert halls and festivals throughout the world.
Since winning the BBC Proms Young Composer Competition in 2001, she received three commissions for the Proms, writing for the Royal Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic and Southbank Sinfonia together with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain. Her music was also performed by the NTO Mannheim, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Netherlands Blazer Ensemble, Dante and Tippett quartets, Henning Kraggerud, Imogen Cooper and conductors, Andrew Litton, Mark Wigglesworth, Alexander Soddy, Leo McFall and Jessica Cottis.
Alissa has enjoyed close collaborations with Camerata RCO, Daniel Rowland, Tim Hugh, Andrew Marriner, Mark Padmore and many others.
Alissa recorded her debut solo piano (Russian Émigrés) and composer portrait (Fantasy) CD’s on Vivat and her Stabat Mater, recorded by The Sixteen, was featured in Gramophone’s Top 10 Compositions by Women. She enjoyed her triple debut with the English Chamber Orchestra as conductor, composer and pianist in 2013 in the Cadogan Hall and is currently Artistic Director of the Lincolnshire International Chamber Music Festival.
Concerts
Joseph Haas in Reimlingen, Ries
Joseph Haas Violin Sonatinas & Song Cycles
Alessia Schumacher, soprano
Ludmila Pavlová, violin
Alissa Firsova, piano
- Concert
- Kulturetage Schloss Reimlingen
German Premiere of Bergen’s Bonfire in Brandenburg
Sebastian Weigle, conductor
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
- Concert
- Messehalle Frankfurt Oder
German Premiere of Bergen’s Bonfire in Brandenburg
Sebastian Weigle, conductor
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
- Concert
- Nikolaisaal Potsdam
Albums
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Songs of the World
Track 15, 16, 17. Alissa Firsova, Psappha, Stepen Barlow, Daisy Brown.
Lugubre Gondola
Chopin, Bartók, Liszt, Wagner/Liszt, Mahler/Firsova, Beethoven
Fantasy – Alissa Firsova
Tippett Quartet, Mark van de Wiel clarinet, Tim Hugh cello, Ellie Laugharne soprano, Nicholas Crawley bass, Simon Mulligan piano, Alissa Firsova piano
Russian Visions
20th-Century Music for Cello & Piano
Bozidar Vukotic, cello - Alissa Firsova, piano
COMPOSITIONS
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Media
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News
Stabat Mater in Vienna
Alissa is overjoyed that her music is travelling to the most musical city in the world for the very first time! Her Stabat Mater will be performed by the Wiener Motettenchor, along with Bach and Reger, conducted by Xenia Preisenberger on 21st & 22nd March. The Sixteen recorded Alissa's Stabat Mater in 2014 and since then it is played often on the radio and is performed by choirs all over the world. You can hear it here.
David Cohen & Alissa Firsova
Alissa was delighted to team up with star cellist David Cohen last Autumn for concerts in Amsterdam, London, Oxford & Munich. You can now enjoy some of their performances on a Youtube playlist filmed by Apple & Biscuit Recordings, with music by Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Pärt & Paganini.
And watch out for their recording of Rachmaninoff Sonata coming out soon on Gutman Records, live from the Amsterdam Piano Series. Also on the cards is a new piano trio for Gäetane Prouvost and David Cohen for a premiere near Paris in the Autumn! (Photo by Hans van der Woerd)
German premiere Bergen’s Bonfire
Following the Proms premiere of Alissa’s Bergen’s Bonfire for the Bergen Philharmonic’s 250th Anniversary in 2015, the orchestral tone-poem, based on Ragnarok, will see its German premiere next season in Brandenburg. Sebastian Weigle will conduct the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt on 12th and 13th June 2026.
Contact
For bookings, information, copies of the scores and parts, please send a message.



