A first prize winner of the Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition as well as the Young Concert Artists International Audition, Alexander Fiterstein was a member of Chamber Music Society II of Lincoln Center and participated at the Marlboro Music Festival for four summers. Mr. Fiterstein has performed as soloist with orchestras such as Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, KBS Symphony of South Korea, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Danish National Radio Orchestra, Polish Kammerphilharmonie, Jerusalem Symphony, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, and the China National Symphony. He has given recitals at the Louvre in Paris, 92nd St. Y in New York, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Vancouver Recital Society, Kennedy Center in Washington, and the Tel Aviv Museum. He has performed with Daniel Barenboim, Richard Goode, Emanuel Ax, Roberta Peters, Ensemble Wien-Berlin, and with the American, Borromeo, Fine Arts, Jerusalem, and Mendelssohn String Quartets. He was born in Belarus, raised in Israel, and now lives in New York.