Winner of the Jean Fergus First Prize at the 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, flutist Aleksandr Haskin made recital debuts last season in New York, sponsored by the Peter Jay Sharp Prize, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. His first U.S. recital tour includes performances and educational residencies with the Brownville Concert Series and at the Strauss Performing Arts Center in Omaha, and appearances with the University of Georgia at Athens and Missouri State University.

At the YCA Auditions, Mr. Haskin was also awarded the Leona Green Award for Winds, the Paramount Theater Prize (VT) and the Usedom Music Festival Prize (Germany). He appeared in the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and won top prizes at the 2008 Penderecki Flute Competition, the 2005 International Contemporary Chamber Music Competition in Krakow, Poland, and the Astana International Music Competition in Kazakhstan.

As co-principal flutist of the Qatar Philharmonic, Mr. Haskin has performed under conductor Lorin Maazel at the Kennedy Center, Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Teatro Massimo in Palermo. He has given recitals in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and appeared as concerto soloist with the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, the Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra and the Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Hailing from Minsk, Belarus, Mr. Haskin graduated with a Doctorate from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, under the tutelage of Alexander Golyshev. He received career grants from the Guzik Foundation in Moscow and a scholarship to the Yale University School of Music, where he studied with Ransom Wilson and won the Woolsey Concerto Competition to perform as a concerto soloist with the Yale Philharmonic.

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