Natalya Zolotaryova, Piano

Biography

Natalya Zolotaryova is a young talented pianist with a large concert repertoire. Her Philharmonic debut was held in Kharkiv in 2000. Since then, Natalya has been actively performing in Ukraine, Russia, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic and Germany.

Natalya began studying music at the Kharkiv Special Music School (a boarding school) in the class of Professor V. Makarov. Since 2004 she was a student of the class of Professor N. Melnikova at Kharkov Kotlyarevsky State University of Arts. Upon completion she entered the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory as a post-graduate student with Professor A. Pisarev. Currently Natalya is a student at the Piano Academy "Incontri col Maestro" (Italy, Imola), class of Professor L. Margarius.

Natalya took part in master-classes with great modern musicians: D.Pollack, L. Dorfman, D. Bashkirov, V. Felzman, E. Steen-Nokleberg, R. Plagge, V. Rudenko, V. Ovchinnikov.

Natalya Zolotaryova is a laureate of many International Piano Competitions, such as:

2013- "MerignacPianoopen" (1st prize, France);
2012- "Siegfried Weishaupt Piano Prize" (1st prize , Germany);
"Vietri sul Mare- Costa Amalfitana" (2nd prize , Italy);
2011- "The Maria Yudina competition" (2nd prize , Russia);
2008-"Concerto with an orchestra" (4th prize , Russia);
2005-"Sribny Dzvin" (3rd prize , Ukraine)
2004-"The Neuhaus Competition" (3rd prize, Ukraine)
2003-"At the Prokofiev`s native land" (3rd prize, Ukraine), "Fortissimo" (2nd Prize, Ukraine)

She regularly takes part in various music festivals. The press and teachers noted her charisma , temperament and artistic virtuosity, outstanding creative personality. In 2013, Natalya was invited as an honorary member of the jury of the international competition «Siegfried Weishaup Piano Prize» (Ochsenhausen, Germany). During that year Natalya Zolotaryova gave master classes in Sapri, Italy, and made recordings for the German radio. Natalya also received herPhD degree.