JOEY CALDERAZZO

PETRONEL MALAN

ALEXANDER PALEY

CLEMENS UNTERREINER

OVIDIO DE FERRARI

MIKHAIL PLETNEV

 

In 2001, Anastasya entered the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris where she studied with Jacques Rouvier - Piano and Itamar Golan - Chamber Music. Anastasya has participated in master-classes with Vladimir Krainev, Dmitri Bashkirov, Michail Voskresensky, Philippe Bianconi, Dominique Merlet, Aldo Ciccolini and Christophe Eschenbach. Anastasya has performed solo and chamber music at such a venues as the Rachmaninoff and Malyi Halls of the Moscow State Conservatory; UNISA Grand Concert Hall, Pretoria, South Africa; Théatre Mogador, Salle Cortot, Auditorium de Louvre; Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris France; Auditorium de Grenoble, France; the Aaronoff Center Cincinnati, USA and Mannes College of Music Concert Hall, New York, USA. She has been invited to the Saint Riquier Musical Festival, Les Rencontres Musicales en Artois Festival, "Musique entre nous" Festival, Annecy Festival, France and others.
In February - March, 2005 she gave 10 solo recitals as part of her first North American Tour.

Anastasya is a laureate of the Georges Cziffra Music Foundation and a scholarship recipient of Tarazzi Foundation of Paris Conservatory (2003- 2005) Nadia et Lily Boulanger Foundation, Paris, France (2005) and the ADAMI Foundation, France (2006 -2007 and 2007-2008).

Anastasya is a prizewinner of various international piano competitions including International Young Pianists Competition, Kils, Sweden 1994 (Diploma); Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition, USA 1995 (Finalist); Saint-Nom-la-Brétèche International Piano Competition, France 2000 (2nd Prize & Franz Liszt Performance Special Prize); Arcachon International Piano Competition, France 2002 (Special Prize for the best Maurice Ravel Interpretation); "Adilia Alieva" International Piano Competition, Gaillard, France 2002 (2nd Prize & Virtuosity Prize); Epinal International Piano Competition, France 2003; Cincinnati International World Piano Competition, Cincinnati, USA 2004 (2nd Prize); Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Award, New York, USA 2006 (1st Prize).

In September 2007, Anastasya was the 1st, unanimous entrant to the Famous Postgraduate Course "Perfectionnement" of Paris National Superior Conservatory, the piano class of Jacques Rouvier. She is the proud recipient of the "Bluthner" Piano from the Arnold Reinhold Foundation.

In 2008-2009 season Anastasya will perform at "Hotel de Invalides", Auditorium de Musee d'Orsay, "Archives Nationales", "Cite de la Musique" in Paris, at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia Spain, "Bluthner Piano Series" in Leipzig, Germany, "King's Place Music Festival" in London, she is invited at Festival Chopin in Paris, Dinard Music Festival, St-Riquier Music Festival, Festival "Les Vacanses de Monsieur Haydn", "Festival d'Auvers-sur-Oise", France and many others.

In February 2009 Anastasya won the 2nd Prize in the Vibrarte International Music Competition in Paris. In April 2009 she will be the featured guest on Gaelle le Gallique famous classical music radio program "Dans la Cours des Grands" on "France Musique" Radio.
In February 2009 Anastasya was selected among 24 pianists to take part in prestigious International Piano-E-Competition which will take place in Minneapolis, USA in July 2009.

Historical Composers & Artists

"After my coffee and cigar we went to one of the recording rooms where they had a Blüthner piano Well, this Blüthner had the most beautiful singing tone I had ever found. I became quite enthusiastic and decided to play my beloved Barcarolle of Chopin. The piano inspired me. I don’t think I ever played better in my life.“

Arthur Rubinstein 

„My Many Years“ (page 281)

 

„In das Exil nach Amerika begleiteten mich nur zwei Wesen von Bedeutung: meine Frau Natalja und mein kostbarer Blüthner.“

“There are only two important things which I took with me on my way to America. My wife Natalia and my precious Blüthner.”

Sergei Rachmaninoff

 

 “Almost in the middle of the room, the black Blüthner grand stood, free of music, book or photographs. Debussy was proud of his grand piano, and before I played he showed me a new device invented by Blüthner: an extra string set on top of the others. Although not touched by the hammers, it caught the overtones, thus increasing the vibrations and enriching the sonority. This was a piano he had rented during a stay in Bournemouth, and liked so well that he had bought it and had it shipped to Paris.” “He played a number of passages and the tone he extracted from the Blüthner was the loveliest, the most elusive and ethereal I have ever heard”. 

letter from Maurice Dumesnil, friend

Claude Debussy

Debussy's Blüthner at the Musée Labenche