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Alex Prior is a 10 year old child prodigy. He is a winner of 7 National Singing Competitions in UK. Alex gave his 1st solo concert 2nd Dec 2002 at St Paul's Covent Garden. He sang songs and arias in 7 languages and played his own compositions for piano. He received a standing ovation.
Alex was featured many times on BBC TV, he sang on Radio BBC few times, he sang at London Arean for 5 000 people twice. THis summer he sang with full orchestra in Tonbridge Castle, UK. His performance inluded songs Granada, Come back to Sorrento, Kalinka( featured on CD) and also Nessun Dorma- an aria from opera Turandot by Puccini.
There is no any other 10 years old boy in the world who sang this area with full orchestra. Alex is unique! A Life magazine ,11.7.03, called Alex "a siniging sensation".
Times - 19.4.03 written " for 10 yearold he is the best singing boy at present"
In July 2003 Alex sang in Millenium Dome, Greenwich , UK, for 100 000 peole who cheered him as a real star.
At present Alex' video clip is shown in UK on Clssic FM TV on rotaion 5 times a day. Alex is in a god company with Pavarotti and Bocelli.
Clasic FM written on the screen while playing the clip on the channel - that Alex is the only unsigned artist ever on this channel. They believe that he is a great talent and help Alex to get a recording contract.
The CD which we are offering is a life recoding of Alex's concert in London, May 17, 2003 . It includes Neapolitain Songs, Russian Trad,. song by Glinka, Rahcmaninov, and Alex's own compositions for piano.
At present Alex is filmed by 3 TV companies in a documentaries about children prodigies.
Alex became very well know in Russia. He took part this summer in a few concerts there and was nicknamed "little Pavarotti" or "Russian Robertino Loretti". ( Alex is half Russian - half English.)
Alex became a sensation in Russia because of his unusual for a child voice ( Times newspaper called the article about Alex "A pint sized tenor" and also because he is a great great grand son of Constntine Stanislavsky - great Russian Theatre reformer very well known in USA as well.
Alex also related to great Russian writer's family - Lev Tolstoy and composer Peter Tchaikovsky.
11 National newsppaer in Russia written about Alex - with titles of the articles " Prelude to Fame- Rossiskay Gazeta,6.8.03; Little Pavarotti - Cultura - 14.8.03 and so on...
Though Alex is only 10 he got his own Fan Club with more then 100 members. A lot of young teenage girls are Alex's Fans. See more about lex on his website www.alexprior.co.uk and on www.classicfm.tv (home page - more)Alex is going tofilm a new clip for classic FM TV shortly.
The disc on sale is a limited edition. Only 1000 copies.
Get it - you will have a unique CD which you will enjoy.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.alexprior.co.uk
Track List:
1. The Lark
2. My Blue Bells
3. Korobeiniki - Russian Trad.
4. Come back to Sorrento
5. Granada
6. The Lilac
7. Do not wake her at dawn
8. Along the Peterskaya Road - Russian Trad.
9. Where lives my love - Ruisian Trad
10. Celito Linda
11. Kalinka - Russian Trad
12. Fantasia in D
13. Four Seasons
14. Extra Track
15. Extra Track
16. Extra Track
Suggested CDs:
- Patricia Caicedo, soprano & Pau Casan, piano
- Bonnie Hoke and Dalton Baldwin
- Randye Jones
- CLASSICAL: Traditional
- FEATURING PIANO
