In 1981, he finished MA in conducting at the Sergei Rachmaninov Academy of Music (in Rostov on Don).
From the age of 6 he studied the piano for 7 years in the municipal conservatory, played in the junior brass band and sang in the representative municipal Boys Choir.

In 1976 he finished his studies in the College of Art in the department of choir conducting, and worked at the time as a saxophone player in several jazz ensembles and big bands.

At the beginning of his jazz career, Alexander (Sasha) Kantsberg was influenced by his close ties to the musician and educator, Kim Nazaretov, who was the first jazz professor in the USSR.

In 1983 he was discharged from the army (Red Army Choir), and was appointed as the conductor of the representative Children Chamber Choir of Rostov City. With this choir, he performed for 5 years in the most famous auditoriums in the USSR, and participated successfully in various festivals.

In 1989, the Ministry of Education commissioned a film "Prelude" to document his work with the Children Chamber Choir. This film was shown for 10 years on Russian TV. In addition to his choir job, Alexander (Sasha) Kantsberg was appointed as a mentor for conducting jazz orchestras in the Academy of Music of Rostov City.

In 1990, he immigrated to Israel with his family, initially working as a saxophone player in various combos.

From 1991, he works in Kfar-Saba's Katzenelson High School, developing the music department, participating in setting up the music syllabus. In school, he created a jazz orchestra, a chamber choir and various ensembles in jazz, classical and ethnic music, who participated in many festivals and competitions in Israel and abroad. He won a bronze medal in the international choir competition "Shirat Hayamim".
In addition, he won a price with a Dixieland band in a competition in Ra'anana for youth jazz ensembles. Alexander (Sasha) Kantsberg participated in a series of joint concerts with the music department of Central High School Philadelphia (US).

In 2002 he was chosen as the representative of the Jewish agency to participate in the Israeli delegation to US for the world congress of Jewish Teachers and Educators (CAJE).

Alexander (Sasha) Kantsberg preformed in various TV programs: "Independent Day" with Yaffa Yarkoni, in the programs of Dan Shilon, Ian Levinson, Irit Anavi, and in the radio programs of Tova Klinger, Liora Gan and Amnon Peer.
In recent years, he works as a conductor and musical director of "Big Zbang" jazz orchestra.
Lately he published a disk of arrangements of popular songs in Hebrew for mixed choir a cappella.

Contact me via the e-mail: kanzberg@bezeqint.net