Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 'Concord' / Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos

He attended the Moscow Conservatory and was one of the last students of Heinrich Neuhaus, where he established an early passion for both baroque music - particularly when performed on traditional instruments - and 20th Century composers such as Schönberg, Webern, Stockhausen, Boulez, Ives, Ligeti, Schnittke, Gubaidulina, Silvestrov and Pärt. In 1968, he performed the Moscow debuts of works by John Cage and Terry Riley. In the 1970s, his career was slowed down by the ideological censorship that prevailed in the former Soviet Union. It was during this period that he founded the Moscow Baroque Quartet, where he was able to pioneer harpsichord and fortepiano performances in the USSR. In 1988, he founded the Moscow avant-garde festival "Alternativa."

During the 1980's when political restrictions were gradually disappearing in Russia, Alexei Lubimov was able to step onto the world stage, giving concerts throughout Europe, America and Japan. He has appeared with orchestras such as the Helsinki, Israel, Los Angeles, Munich and St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic London, the BBC Symphony, the Russian National Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Toronto Symphony, the Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Tokyo Symphony, and more. In 1998, Mr. Lubimov made a European tour with the Finnish Radio Orchestra under the baton of Jukka Pekka Saraste, where he performed the four piano concertos of Rachmaninoff. Additionally, he has participated in a numerous festivals, among them: Lockenhaus, Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Salzburg Festival, Berliner, Festwochen, La Roque d'Anthéron, etc.

Lubimov has performed with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Neeme Järvi, David Oistrakh, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Marek Janowski, Christopher Hogwood, Sir Roger Norrington, Frans Brüggen, David Robertson, Andrey Boreyko, Ivan Fischer, Kent Nagano, Yan Pascal Tortelier, and many others.

He is also a champion of chamber music and performs often with famous soloists such as Natalia Gutman, Christian Tetzlaff, and Andreas Staier.