Alexander Bakharev was born in Moscow in 1992. In 2015, he graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (Vladislav Lavrik’s Class), where he also took his post-graduate course.
Alexander is a prizewinner of the All-Russian Pifferari Competition of Young Performers, the All-Russian V.M. Blazhevich Competition «Silver Trumpets» (Grand Prix), the «Festos» Students Festival. The winner of the M.I. Tabakov Contest. He was granted a scholarship of the Moscow Government (2009). He participated in several concert programs of the Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation.
In 2015, he played the trumpet solo in the First Piano Concerto by Shostakovich (with pianist Denis Matsuev and the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Spivakov) in Moscow and then at the Music Festival dedicated to legendary French trumpeter Maurice André in Colmar (France).
In 2011 Alexander joined the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, where he is the Principal Trumpet since 2015.