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Alexandr Misko
Alexandr Misko (2017)
Background information
Native name
Александр Мисько
Born (1997-11-28) 28 November 1997 (age 26)
Krasnodar, Russia
Occupation(s)Musician, guitarist, composer
Instrumentsguitar
Years active2012–present
Websitehttps://alexandrmisko.com/

Alexandr Misko (Russian: Александр Мисько) (born 28 November 1997), also known as Alex Misko, is a Russian fingerstyle guitarist and musician. He gained fame thanks to cover versions of famous songs published on YouTube and Facebook.[1][2] He is now based in Germany.[1][3]

Early Life[edit]

Alexandr Misko was born on 28 November 1997 in Krasnodar, Russia.[1] He started playing guitar at the age of 12, when his parents gave him his first guitar, a classical acoustic guitar.[2][4] He attended private classical guitar lessons for three years.[4] At the age of 14 he became interested in fingerstyle guitar and started teaching himself after hearing music by the famous Canadian guitarist Don Ross.[5][6]

Career[edit]

In 2015, the attention of the Russian media was attracted by a video, of then 14 year old Alexandr Misko, in which he played the guitar with one hand and taped a desk using a pen in his other hand. The video went viral recieving 500 000 views on YouTube in four days.[5]

In 2016 Misko’s cover of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" went viral receiving 30 million views on Facebook and by 2024 it had more than 9 million views on YouTube.[1][2] He published his first album The Songs of Adolescence in 2016.[1]

In 2018, his cover of George Michael's "Careless Whisper" went viral, and received over 80 million views on Facebook and YouTube in under a month.[3][2] He spoke at TEDxMannheim 2018 (an independent TED conference in Mannheim) with a speach and performance titled “What if you could make one instrument sound like an entire band?”[7][8] In October 2018 he won "Guitarist of the Year" at the UK Guitar Show (MusicRadar), for which he wrote and performed the composition “Tale of Lost Times”.[1][2][9]

Alexandr Misko has performed at venues across Europe, United Kingdom, United States of America and China.[10] His YouTube videos feature collaborations with other artists including Dmitriy Toporov, Pavel Stepanov, Andrea Valerie and Jon Gomm.

In 2020 he shared the Carnegie Hall stage with harpist Alexander Boldachev.[1] The duo also played live at the 2024 Dutch Harp Festival and their song “Crossroads” was used in the official after movie for the festival.[11]

Discography[edit]

Year Title Credit
2024 “Zombie” (single) Alexander Boldachev and Alexandr Misko
2021 Take Your Time Alexandr Misko and Dmitriy Toporov
2020 Covers and New Versions, Vol. 2 Alexandr Misko
2019 Covers and New Versions, Vol. 1 Alexandr Misko
2019 Roundtrip Alexandr Misko
2017 Beyond The Box Alexandr Misko
2016 The Songs of Adolescence Alexandr Misko

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Misko, Alexandr. "Alexandr Misko: Bio". Alexandr Misko.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Alexandr Misko An Awesome Guitar Maestro From Russia". The Music Man. 18 June 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bunting, Ian (15 Feb 2024). "World renowned guitarist Alexandr Misko will perform only gig on UK tour in Coatbridge". Daily Record.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Chaffin, Kaylee (2018-03-04). "Interview: Alexandr Misko". Beat Media. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Ковалевская, Екатерина (2015-01-29). "Школьник из Краснодара покорил YouTube, сыграв "Гитаручку"" (in русский). Российская газета. Archived from the original on 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  6. Sharples, Kevin (2018-02-11). "An Exclusive Interview with Alexandr Misko". STAGE PASS. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  7. TEDxMannheim (30 Mar 2018). "What if you could make one instrument sound like an entire band?". TED Conferences.
  8. Dorn, Lori (2018-05-22). "Guitarist Alexandr Misko Explains and Demonstrates His Incredible Fingerstyle Talent to a TEDx Audience". Laughing Squid. Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  9. "Watch 2018's incredible Acoustic Guitarist of the Year finalists in action". MusicRadar. 10 October 2018.
  10. Misko, Alexandr. "Alexandr Misko: Shows". Alexandr Misko.
  11. "Dutch Harp Festival 2024: Line-up". Dutch Harp Festival. Archived from the original on 2024-04-28. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

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