BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
Pianist and cultural manager of Ukrainian origin, currently based in Turin where, in addition to her piano activity, she organizes multidisciplinary events, festivals, marathons and charity projects for her country of origin.
Recently worked as collaborative pianist with musicians Alessandro Milani (National Symphonic Orchestra Rai 1st violin), Adrian Pinzaru (violin), Ula Ulijona Zebriunaite (NSO Rai 1st viola), Simone Briatore (Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Principal Viola), Luca Milani (NSO Rai 1st clarinet), Enrico Maria Baroni (NSO Rai 1st clarinet).
Co-curator of the first Ukrainian Pavilion “Planeta Ukrain” at the 23rd International Exhibition “Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction To Mysteries” at the Triennale Milano (2022) in collaboration with Ministry of Culture (Italy), Ministry of Culture (Ukraine), The State Agency of Ukraine for Arts and Artistic Education, Kyiv Contemporary Music Days, Opera Aperta, DOCUDays UA.
At the invitation of the K. M. Čiurlionis House Museum (2024, 2025) she performed a series of concerts at locations connected to the life of the composer.
In June 2024, she joined the team for the “Signs Games” project, organized by the educational and concert platform Kyiv Contemporary Music Days, to conduct a series of workshops focused on the therapeutic aspects of collective and interactive music-making, aimed at promoting new music to younger generations.
Collaborated with:
• Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Turin
• Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento V Performance in Milan
• Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo as an accompanying pianist
• ErreMusica Association as a piano teacher and concert pianist
• Kyiv Contemporary Music Days educational and concert platform for contemporary music as a project manager.
Born in Poltava (Ukraine) in 1990, she graduated from the Musical College “M. Lysenko” in Poltava with Liudmila Bubnova (2009), and later obtained a Master’s degree from the National Musical Academy of Kyiv “Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij” under the guidance of Mariia Pukhlianko (2014). During her training period, she participated in numerous concerts at the Academy as well as various competitions and festivals.
She graduated from the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory of Turin, where she attended the two-year specialization course in chamber music with professors Giacomo Fuga and Antonio Valentino. She also attended the “Open Source” course at the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo with Maestros Riccardo Castro, Pietro de Maria, Filippo Gamba, and Andrea Lucchesini.
In the academic year 2016-2017, she wins the “De Sono” scholarship, in collaboration with the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory of Turin and with the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo.
In November 2017, as the winner of the audition reserved for the most deserving students of the Conservatory, she performed as a soloist Schumann’s Concerto op. 54 with the Orchestra of the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory of Turin at the opening night of the academic year.
In September 2018, she participated in the ninth edition of the “Deutsche Liedakademie” in Trossingen, Germany, attending classes by Axel Bauni, Burkhard Kehring, and Peter Nelson.
In the concert seasons 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020, she participated, both solo and in chamber music groups, in various projects for important concert seasons, such as those organized by the Associations “Unione Musicale” of Turin, “DeSono”, “Stefano Tempia”, and “Lingotto Musica”.
She collaborated as an assistant in the class of Professor Marina Scalafiotti at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory of Turin (2016-2019).
In 2019, she received the award in honor of the Ukrainian writer and humanist Vladimir Korolenko for her activities as an organizer of concerts and the “Poltava Chamber Music Day” festival in her hometown.
She has performed in many concerts with various orchestras in Ukraine (Kyiv, Poltava, Lviv), Poland (Sanok, Krosno, Stalowa Wola, Mielec, Kielce), and Italy, collaborating with conductors such as Igor Dohovic, Mykola Lysenko, Igor Pylatiuk, Giuseppe Ratti, Vitalij Skakun, Oleg Tyshchyk.
Performing mainly:
• Beethoven Concerto No. 5 op. 73 “Emperor”
• Ravel Concerto in G major
• Mendelssohn Concerto No. 1 op. 25
• Prokofiev Concerto No. 1 op. 10
• Bach Concerto in E major, BWV 1053
• Schumann Concerto op. 54 in A minor
• Bach Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058.
She has participated in national and international competitions and festivals, both as a soloist and in chamber music, including:
• “Neuhaus Musical Encounters” (Kirovograd, Ukraine, 2008), merit diploma
• “The Art of the 21st Century” (Kyiv-Vorzel, Ukraine, 2009), merit diploma
• “Festival of Ukrainian and Polish Music F. Chopin” (Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine)
• “The Open Piano Competition” (Turin, Italy, 2013)
• “The Art of the 21st Century” Competition (Lonigo, Italy, 2013), 1st prize
• “International Piano Competition IX A. Karamanov” (Simferopol, Ukraine, 2013), 4th prize diploma
• “City of Alessandria” (Alessandria, Italy, chamber music, 2017), absolute 1st prize
• “30th European Music Competition” (Moncalieri, Italy, chamber music, 2018), absolute 1st prize
• “Musica in Langa” (Alba, Italy, chamber music, 2019), 1st prize
• “Giulio Rospigliosi” (Lamporecchio, Italy, chamber music, 2019), 3rd prize.
She participated and received a merit diploma at the International Piano Forum “Bieszczady without Borders” (Sanok, Poland; 2012, 2014). She has participated in masterclasses with important Masters including Joaquìn Achùcarro, Michel Bèroff, Christa Bützberger, Amiran Ganz, Vera Nosina, Claus-Christian Schuster, Mikhail Voskresensky, and Anjey Yasinski.
She was the curator of the music program for children and young people at the 8th International Contemporary Art Festival GogolFest-2015 (Kyiv, Ukraine). Together with the charity organization “Big Heart”, she organized concerts as fundraisers for needy children and also concerts and masterclasses at the orphanage center “The City of Happy Children” in Kyiv.
After gaining extensive experience in the pedagogical field following the lessons of Ielyzaveta Voznesenskaia, a great representative of the Vladimir Nielsen school, she has also been actively involved in teaching.