Alla Belova: concert pianist, educator

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words

and that which cannot remain silent

Victor Hugo

Alla Belova is a Berlin-based fortepianist and pianist whose work brings historically informed performance into dialogue with contemporary artistic practice. She performs as a soloist and chamber musician on historical and modern keyboards, with a particular focus on fortepiano, chamber music and Lied.

In 2026, Belova appeared as a fortepianist in the chamber concert series of musicAeterna together with violinist Olga Artyugina. She performs regularly on fortepiano across Europe while maintaining an active career on the modern piano.

Her performances have taken her across Europe, North America and Asia to venues including Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin (LINK), KKL Luzern, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia and Auditorium Pedrotti in Pesaro, and to festivals including Lucerne Festival, Heidelberger Frühling and Schubert-Woche Berlin .
As a pianist, Belova has appeared with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and Junge Philharmonie Zentralschweiz and has worked with conductors including Michael Sanderling and Lionel Bringuier.

Her chamber and Lied collaborations include Yulia Muzychenko, Mira Alkhovik (LINK) and Björn Nyman, and she was a pianist of the Thomas Hampson Lied Academy (LINK). A laureate of international solo, chamber music and Lied competitions, her distinctions include First Prize at the Hella Siegrist Piano Competition and Second Prize at the International LiedDuo Competition Groningen. She has also recorded for the Swiss label Claves Records (LINK).

Beyond the traditional concert format, Belova works with contemporary music, improvisation, theatre and music for film (LINK), exploring how historically informed performance can speak to the artistic forms and audiences of today.
This approach is central to Ars Temporis (LINK), her interdisciplinary concert project combining live performance with participatory workshops and audience dialogue and creating new ways to encounter classical music.

Born in Saint Petersburg, Belova graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, Hochschule Luzern and Berlin University of the Arts, where she specialised in fortepiano with Avinoam Shalev and Lucas Blondeel. Further artistic influences include Jacques Rouvier, Malcolm Martineau and Hartmut Höll.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.

The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.

You can act to change and control your life;

and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

Amelia Earhart

Lucerne
Piano
Trio

Virtuoso musicians
Milena Marena (cello),
Alla Belova (piano)
and Leonid Baranov (violin)

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Ars
Temporis

An interactive concert about time using five different keyboard instruments

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Trio
Creators

Trio "Creators" are the soloist of the Opera Studio of the Vienna State Opera Andrei Maksimov (baritone), the winner of of the 61 Tenor Viñas and ARD Competition Mira Alkhovik (soprano, violin) and the internationally acclaimed concert pianist Alla Belova.

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There’s a very basic human, non-verbal aspect to our need to make music and use it as part of our human expression.

It doesn’t have to do with body movements, it doesn't have to do with articulation of a language,

but with something spiritual.

John Williams

Phantasy in F Major for Viola and Piano

single, Claves Records

York Bowen's Phantasy in F Major for Viola and Piano is a gem of the early 20th-century repertoire, blending the rich, warm timbre of the viola with the piano's resonant clarity. Composed in a single, continuous movement, this work is imbued with romantic sensibilities and a forward-looking harmonic language that captivates listeners from the very first notes.

In this 2023 recording by Claves Records, the duo of Alla Belova on piano and Izabel Markova on viola brings Bowen’s nuanced composition to life. The performance is characterized by its lyrical phrasing, dynamic interplay, and a profound understanding of the composer’s intent.

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Falling For Love

album, Creators Classics

Falling for Love is a captivating exploration of love in its many forms, brought to life by the luminous soprano Mira Alkhovik and the expressive pianist Alla Belova. Recorded in October 2023 in Copenhagen, this album offers a rich tapestry of emotions through a thoughtfully curated selection of songs by Schubert, Chausson, Pijper, Nielsen, Rachmaninov, Berg, and Enescu.
From the joyous and passionate to the mystical and tragic, each piece reflects a unique facet of love’s complexities. Alkhovik’s voice soars with warmth and intensity, perfectly complemented by Belova’s sensitive and nuanced accompaniment. Together, they deliver performances that are as technically brilliant as they are deeply moving.
Falling for Love invites listeners on a journey of discovery, revealing the profound beauty and emotional depth of experiencing love in its many manifestations.

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