Information About Maria - Manchester teacher -

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Personal Description:

Maria was born in Moscow. Starting her piano career at Moscow Secondary Special Gnessin Music School and graduated with distinction in the class of Honoured Worker of Culture Elena Ivanova.
Awarded a scholarship, Maria obtained her Bachelor of Music degree with Distinction at the Royal Northern College of Music with Graham Scott and was supported by Reggie & Ann Dennis Scholarship, Leverhulme Arts Scholarship and Margaret Allen Piano Award.
Maria plays recitals and takes part in festivals around Europe, the UK and Russia, including Richter Festival in Tarusa (2017), Tokarevfest in Germany (2019), and concert programmes from the Vladimir Spivakov Fund and Moscow Government (2012-present).
In November 2021, Maria played a recital dedicated to ballet music at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
She performed with the Igor Lerman Chamber Orchestra (conductor - Igor Lerman), Gnessins Virtuosos Orchestra (conductor - Mikhail Hohlov), Russian Ministry of Defense Orchestra (conductor - Vladimir Ponkin), Kaluga Youth “Svyatoslav Richter” Symphony Orchestra (conductors - Alexander Ghindin and Arsentiy Tkachenko), and with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra (conductor - Rebecca Tong).
As a chamber musician, Maria won 6th Gnessin International Chamber Ensembles Youth Competition (2017).
In 2018, she won the Grant of the Mayor of Moscow in Chamber music.
Maria won many prizes in international piano competitions, such as the “Music Without Borders” International Piano Competition - Grand Prix (Lithuania, 2007); “Amadeus” International Piano Competition - 2nd prize, (Czech Republic, 2010), 43rd International Competition “Virtuosos of Music” - 2nd prize (Czech Republic, 2010), “The Wreath of Chopin” International Piano Competition - 2nd prize (Russia, 2010), The Moray International Piano Competition - 2nd prize (Scotland, 2011), 10th International Rotary Competition for Young Musicians - 1st prize (Russia, Moscow, 2012), 7th Mozart International Piano Competition in Rome - 2nd prize (Italy, 2013), “Young Pianist of the North” International Piano Competition - 3rd prize (UK, 2013), “Flame” International Piano Competition - 1st Prize (France, 2013), 2nd Riga International Competition for Young Pianists - 1st prize (Latvia, 2014), 2nd International Piano Competition Dedicated to Sergei Prokofiev - 2nd Prize (Russia, 2016) and RNCM Concerto Competition - 1st Prize (UK, 2019).
In 2022 she received a Special Mention at the International Piano Competition Maria Herrero.

Tutoring Experience:

I`ve worked for 2 years as a piano teacher and accompanist at Gnessin Music School in Moscow. I had various students of different levels , from beginners to professionals.

Since 2021, I’m working in Maunder’s school of Popular Music in Manchester and preparing my students for different ABRSM Grades.
At the same time I’m teaching in Aura Music Academy in Altrincham.
My students get exceptional progress in their music exams and piano competitions.

All levels and ages are very welcome to have a lesson with me.

Tutoring Approach:

I convinced that every student is the unique person, having completely different personalities and thought processing. I'm teaching my adult students how to achieve a balance between the student's imagination and the composer's style of the executed works. But this approach doesn't fit for young pianists at all. In my opinion,The teacher needs to find the best approach to the student to interest him and thereby arouse the desire to study further on the piano. In my classes, students not only have fun but also spend time with benefits.