Karina Kontorovitch was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. At the age of five, she started attending the Music School for Gifted Children, where she continued to study piano with Olga Manukyan until the family immigrated to the United States in 1991. Ms. Kontorovitch earned both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance from Northwestern University, where her teachers include Sylvia Wang, Alan Chow, Laurence Davis and Elizabeth Buccheri.
Ms. Kontorovitch has taught at the Music Arts School in Highland Park and has been on the faculty of the Merit School of Music in Chicago since 2001, teaching all ages and levels. She also serves as an accompanist and vocal coach at Northwestern University, working primarily in the studio of Kurt R. Hansen.
Karina Kontorovitch, Piano
Biography
Karina Kontorovitch was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. At the age of five, she started attending the Music School for Gifted Children, where she continued to study piano with Olga Manukyan until the family immigrated to the United States in 1991. Ms. Kontorovitch earned both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance from Northwestern University, where her teachers include Sylvia Wang, Alan Chow, Laurence Davis and Elizabeth Buccheri.
Ms. Kontorovitch has taught at the Music Arts School in Highland Park and has been on the faculty of the Merit School of Music in Chicago since 2001, teaching all ages and levels. She also serves as an accompanist and vocal coach at Northwestern University, working primarily in the studio of Kurt R. Hansen.