Violetta Egorova

VIOLETTA EGOROVA possesses magnificent masterliness and a thin feeling of a style... Her performances are distinguished distinguished by the depth and the originality of thinking, the innovation of the interpretation, the luxuriance and the unexpectedness of a nuance... Born in Krasnodar (Russia), she began playing the piano at the age of four and at six was accepted into the Moscow Central Music School for Gifted Children, where she studied with Anna Artobolevsky and Alexander Mndoyants. Her early career was mentored by Lev Naumov, assistant and successor to Heinrich Neuhaus. While still a student at the Moscow Conservatory, she recorded a CD with a Russian-American recording studio featuring music by Mozart and Prokofiev in honor of their birthdays. She has CDs under various labels, including Universal Music & V., Teichiku Records, and Onepoint.FM, and has been featured on radio and television programs in Italy, Turkey, Canada, Egypt, Ecuador, France, Italy, China, and Russia. She has participated in international music festivals in Spoleto Del Due Mondi and Sermonette "Pontino di Musica," Noto Music (Italy), Sanat Haber in Istanbul (Turkey), Etnafest in Italy, "Sergei Rachmaninoff" in Ukraine, as well as in a number of festivals in Russia. She is a laureate of international piano competitions such as "Alessandro Casagrande" in Terni (Italy), "Gina Bachauer" in Salt Lake City (USA), "Viotti" in Vercelli (Italy), and others. She has performed with renowned orchestras in Russia, Italy, Romania, Egypt, and other countries, under the baton of Pavel Kogan, Joseph Silverstein, Arnold Katz, Epifanio Comis, Mark Gorenstein, Ilarion Ionescu- Galati, Agostino Orizio, Konstantin Orbelian, and others. She has performed in Monaco, Italy, France, the USA, Switzerland, Turkey, Austria, China, Japan, and Russia. Egorova's CD "Russian Ballet – Piano Solo" was nominated for the 2015 ICMA International Classical Music Award and has been performed many times. In addition to her career as a soloist, she has also established a reputation as a world-class chamber musician. Since 2011, she has been teaching specialized piano courses at the Sergei Rachmaninoff Academy in Catania (Italy) and, since 2022, at the Scarlatti State Conservatory in Palermo (Italy). She has given masterclasses at the Orpheus International Music Academy in Vienna, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Conservatory in Colombes (Paris), the Dino Ciani Festival in Rijeka (Croatia), and other venues. She is the president and founder of the Sergei Rachmaninoff International Award, artistic director of the Moscow Concert Fest International Festival, and an active member of the International Academy of Informatization with general consultative status to the United Nations since 1995.