Let's make this birthday one to remember.

62 years old (Born on January 24, 1963)

Happy Birthday, Alexander Markov! May your day be as dazzling as your legendary Paganini performances and filled with more applause than Carnegie Hall. You've conquered the violin world, winning multiple Paganini International Violin Competition awards and earning the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant—clearly proving that strings attached can sometimes lead to great things!

Here's wishing you another year of bow-shredding brilliance, electrifying audiences worldwide with your unmatched virtuosity. Keep inspiring us all by turning impossible notes into effortless melodies—and remember: birthdays are like violins; they get better when handled by a true maestro like yourself. Cheers to many more standing ovations ahead!