Alexey Zuev has been a lecturer and accompanist at Mozarteum University Salzburg since 2009. He studied piano with Alexei Lubimov at the university from 2000 to 2009, having previously attended the St Petersburg Music School and its pre-college programme. As a concert pianist, he made his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2014 and has participated in numerous international masterclasses. He has received artistic grants from the Bösendorfer Piano Factory and the Herbert von Karajan Centre Vienna.