Marianna Prjevalskaya

Marianna Prjevalskaya, praised by the critics as a "master of piano" and "a grand pianist", captivates audiences with the emotional intensity, maturity, richness and beauty of tone.

Winner of the 53rd Jaen International Piano Competition in Spain, Marianna is also a laureate of numerous international piano competitions of great importance such as 2007 “Paderewski” International Piano Competition in Poland, the 2008 Seoul International Piano Competition, the 2008 “Jose Iturbi” International Piano Competition in Valencia, where she also got a special “Kawai” prize, the 2008 Ferrol International Piano Competition, the 2009 Jose Roca International Piano Competition in Valencia, 2010 Takamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, 2010 Sendai International Piano Competition in Japan, 2010 Albacete National Piano Competition in Spain, and receiving a Special Prize for the Best Spanish Pianist at the 2011 Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona. Marianna also received prizes at Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York in 2004, the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition in New York 2004, at the Beethoven Piano Competition of the Beethoven Society of Europe in London in 2002, at Dudley International Piano Competition in 2003 in United Kingdom, at the Gold Chappell Medal Piano Competition in London in 2003 and at Marisa Montiel Piano Competition in Linares in Spain, where she also received a Special Prize for Musicality at the age of 14.

During her career, Marianna appeared at important venues at different festivals such as the Minato Mirai Hall of Yokohama in Japan during the International Piano Concert Festival, the Grosser Saal of the Mozarteum in Salzburg during the Salzburg Festival, Festival Russo at the Academia Santa Cecilia of Rome, Bologna Festival, Norwich and Norfolk Festival in the United Kingdom, Divertimento Festival in Poland. She also gave performances at Teatro Goldoni in Florence, Auditorio de Galicia en Santiago de Compostela, Auditorio Manuel de Falla in Granada, Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Steinway Hall, Weill Recital Hall and Yamaha Artists Services Piano Salon in New York. She offered recitals dedicated to 150th Anniversary of Chopin's death at the Chopin Museum in Valdemossa in Palma de Mallorca, as well as recitals dedicated to 200th Anniversary of Chopin's birth in Foundation Eutherpe in Leon and at the Music Festival "Caro Chopin" in Monza, Italy. As a soloist, Marianna performed with Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Valencia Symphony Orchestra, Albacete Symphony Orchestra, Granada Symphony Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Takamatsu Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic Orchestra, Rzeszow Philharmonic Orchestra and Panama Symphony Orchestra.

Marianna was invited to participate in the European Piano Forum in Berlin as well as participated in the Summer Music Academies in Salzburg Mozarteum, Euro Arts Music Academy in Leipzig, Jose Iturbi International Piano Master Classes in Valencia, Holland International Music Sessions and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York, receiving lessons from prominent musicians such as Emmanuel Ax, John O’Conor, Piotr Paleczny, Peter Frankl, Claude Frank, Andrej Jasinski, Boris Slutsky, Dominique Merlet, Choong‐Mo Kang, Akiko Ebi, Michail Voskresensky and Galina Egyazarova. Born in 1982, Marianna Prjevalskaya started to play the piano at the age of six having her mother Tatiana Prjevalskaya as her teacher for the following eleven years. Marianna made her debut with a symphony orchestra at the age of nine and in 1992 moved to Spain with her family. After winning a scholarship from Foundation Pedro Barrie de la Maza, she continued her studies at the Royal College of Music in London studying with the legendary Irina Zaritskaya and Kevin Kenner graduating in 2003. Later on the same year she joined Toradze Piano Studio becoming a student of Alexander Toradze at Indiana University South Bend and in 2005 entered the Yale University School of Music studying with Boris Berman. Marianna holds Bachelor of Music from the Royal College of Music in London, Artist Diploma from Indiana University of South Bend, Master of Music and Artist Diploma from Yale School of Music being awarded the Irving S. Gilmore Scholarship. From 2007 for one year Marianna served as a graduate associate teaching piano and playing chamber music at the Yale School of Music.

Marianna's new Naxos CD with works by Scarlatti, Haydn, Schumann and Zárate will be released in August. Beyond her musical life, Marianna is interested in photography and art painting.

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