Anna Khanina, Piano

Biography

Pianist Anna Khanina has been praised for her “technique, musicality, and irreproachable taste.” (Ibbenbuehrener Zeitung). Professor Bernd Goetzke said: “In her performances, there is always the impression of radiating charisma, based on a deep understanding of the music, an absolutely sincere approach, and a true artistic motivation. She is totally in touch with the music that she is performing.”

Ms. Khanina enjoys a successful performing career. She regularly appears as a soloist and with chamber ensembles in Europe, United States, Canada, and Israel. She has performed at such venues as 92nd Street Y Kaufman Hall, Symphony Space, Trinity Church, Yamaha Piano Salon in New York, Pianoforte Chicago, Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University, Georg Phillip Telemann Hall in Magdeburg, Muendener Schloss, Klavierhaus Doell, and Kanapee in Hannover, Germany.

Her concerts have been broadcast on WFMT Chicago (2007, 2010), The Voice of Music radio from the Jerusalem Music Centre (2008), the McGraw Young Artists Showcase WQXR New York (2011), and wiox.org (2011).

Anna Khanina’s long list of awards include prizes at the Val Tidone International Piano Competition, the Panama International Piano Competition, the International Competition Ciutat de Carlet, the Grieg Competition in Oslo, the Nueva Acropolis Competition in Madrid, and the Classica Nova Competition in Hannover.

Ms. Khanina started her musical education at the age of five, and in 1996 she graduated with honors from the famous Gnessin School of Music for Gifted Children in Moscow.  She then immigrated to Germany, where she began studies with Professor Bernd Goetzke at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, from which she graduated Magna cum Laude.  She earned a Master’s degree from the same institution, and subsequently went on to pursue an Artist Diploma in the Soloist-Class. At the same time as she pursued her studies at the Hochschule für Musik, Ms. Khanina also undertook a second Master’s degree in Performance at the Gnessin Academy of Music, where she again graduated with honors.

In 2007 she completed a Piano Performance Diploma at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, where she studied as a full-scholarship student of Solomon Mikowsky. After graduation, Ms. Khanina was accepted into the Doctoral of Musical Arts Program at the State University of New York at Stony Brook as a full-scholarship student studying with Gilbert Kalish.