Alexander Melnikov, what is music good for?

Alexander Melnikov is one of the brightest minds on and off the piano. In the podcast, he talks to Steven Walter about his path to playing the piano, his youth in Moscow in the 1970s and the moment he will never forget: the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Back in February, he knew that his life as a Russian, breathing and living Russian culture, would never be the same. Alexander Melnikov is a resident artist at the Beethovenfest Bonn 2022.