Biography

Born in Stockholm, Alexander Hart trained first as a pianist from the age of six and then as a guitarist from nine. His early development ran in parallel across the classical, flamenco, and electric idioms. The electric side was shaped by years in progressive metal and neoclassical projects, and by studies and collaborations with Berklee guitar professor Bobby Stanton.

He completed a Bachelor of Music in guitar performance at McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2008. His coursework there spanned classical technique, jazz, drum studies, recording theory, arranging, and composition.

From 2020 to 2023 he pursued advanced classical guitar studies under Mikhail Nagornov, head of the guitar department at the Kazan State Conservatory named after N. G. Zhiganov. He is now completing a Master’s degree this summer at Slobomir P University in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the performance component undertaken in Belgrade under Dušan Dimitrijević, one of the foremost figures in Serbian classical guitar.

His flamenco studies have been with Andreas Germek of Austria, building on earlier work in the same tradition during his years in the United States.

Teaching

Alexander has taught guitar to private students for over fifteen years, beginning in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in the United States, followed by faculty teaching at Oslo kulturskole, the Oslo Municipal Culture School, in Norway.

His classical specialties include the tremolo technique. Flamenco instruction covers the principal palos, including bulerías, farruca, malagueña, rumba, and taranta, with attention to the traditional rasgueado vocabulary. Electric guitar lessons follow Berklee-proven methods: arpeggio and two-note-per-string scale work, reading and ear training, tapping, and sweep picking.

Performance

Alexander performs as a soloist and as one half of The Danube Duet, a mandolin and classical guitar ensemble formed in 2025 with Russian mandolinist Tatyana Koryukina, a Master’s graduate of the Kazan State Conservatory. The duo debuted in Belgrade in April 2026 and maintains an active concert programme across Serbia and central Europe, with appearances at the National Theatre of Serbia and on national television including but not limited to Hungary and Serbia.

Its concert repertoire spans the Italian, French, modern, and Russian guitar traditions, alongside arrangements and contemporary works for mandolin and guitar.