Alexej Outekhin combines artistic excellence with pedagogical commitment and a spirit of innovation throughout his career. Already during his studies at the University of Music Würzburg, he was entrusted with a teaching assignment in piano due to his exceptional achievements. At the same time, he taught at several music schools, focusing particularly on the development of children and young musicians. After his work as a lecturer at the Hamburg Conservatory, at the University of the Arts Bremen and University of Music Würzburg he continues his teaching today at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg.
In his university teaching, Outekhin integrates these diverse experiences into continuously evolving, innovative teaching concepts. Digital media, video and audio technologies, as well as the use of hybrid instruments such as the Steinway Spirio|r grand piano, are an integral part of his teaching in order to meet the changing demands of musical education. His work as a lecturer is characterized by a deep understanding of the individual paths of musical personal development and by the conviction that artistic thinking and pedagogical action are inextricably linked.
Born in Riga, Latvia, Alexej Outekhin discovered his passion for the piano at an early age. He began his musical education at the Medinja School for Gifted Children and later continued his studies in Germany with the composer and pianist Evgeni Roitman. He successfully completed his preparatory studies at the Berufsfachschule für Musik in Sulzbach-Rosenberg with an impressive performance of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto, after which he commenced his formal music studies.
At the University of Music Würzburg, he completed his studies under Prof. András Hamary with the highest distinction and immediately continued in Hamary’s Meisterklasse. A DAAD scholarship enabled him to pursue postgraduate studies at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory with Prof. Tatjana Zagorovskaya, a formative milestone in his artistic development.
Outekhin has received significant artistic inspiration from renowned pianists such as Cécile Ousset, Dmitri Bashkirov, Janina Fialkowska, Bernd Goetzke, Konrad Elser, Bernd Glemser, Markus Schirmer, Jerome Rose, among others. His versatility has been further enriched through chamber music collaborations with the Mandelring Quartet and the Juilliard String Quartet, as well as through impulses in contemporary music from Thomas Hell and Yumiko Meguri.
His talent has been recognized through notable competition successes and scholarships, including the Deutschlandstipendium. He is, among other distinctions, a prizewinner of the Armin Knab Duo Competition (with KS Lucian Krasznec) and a finalist in the Yamaha Scholarship Competition in Hanover.
In addition to his teaching positions at the University of the Arts Bremen and the University of Music Würzburg, his concert activities take him across Europe and as far as East Asia.
Looking ahead, Outekhin envisions his artistic future in the creation of interdisciplinary concert formats. In visionary collaboration with media artists such as Erik Wälz, he pushes the boundaries of traditional performance practice, uniting music, space, and image into a new, immersive aesthetic experience.