Anastasia Vorotnaya, “A Prodigy of the 21st Century” — Musical Life Magazine

Winner of the Gold medal at the Third Vienna Piano Competition in 2021 (Vienna, Austria), Anastasia Vorotnaya is no stranger to 1st prize awards. Spanning two decades beginning from when she was seven years old in 2002, these include:

• Gegen den Strom International Piano Competition (Nochern, Germany) – 2018

• Concertino – Praga International Piano Competition (Prague, Czech Republic) – 2010

• Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition (New York, USA) – 2008

• IV International Young Pianists Competition, Central Music School – 2007

• Mozart – Child Prodigy Competition – 2006

•. Muravieva Competition (Samara, Russia) – 2004

• Talents of the New Century (Moscow, Russia) – 2003

•. Assembly of Arts, Regional Competition (Samara, Russia) – 2002

More Awards:

2nd Prize, Juries in Competition (Salzburg Mozarteum, Austria) – 2019

Public Prize, Jeudis du Piano (Geneva, Switzerland) – 2018

Yamaha Music Europe Scholarship – 2017

Yamaha Piano Scholarship – 2014

Member of the Vladimir Spivakov “New Names” International Charity Foundation (2003 – 2013)

She has performed around the world in 20 countries: Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Republic of Georgia, Italy, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. Across her native Russia in Ekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Murom, Naberezhnye Chelny, Orenburg, Pskov, Saratov, Tver, Vladimir, Volgograd, and Yaroslavl. And prestigious halls such as Carnegie Hall (New York), Musikverein (Vienna), Auditoria Nacional (Madrid), Rudolfinum (Prague), Grand & Small Halls of the Moscow State Conservatory (Moscow), Hall of the Armoury Museum, Kremlin (Moscow), Chamber & Svetlanovsky Halls of the International House of Music (Moscow), Tchaikovsky Hall (Moscow), and many more.

Notably, she performed Beethoven Concerto No. 3 under the direction of Sir Andras Schiff with the Orquesta de Cámara de la Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía at the Auditorio Nacional (Madrid, 2017). Her commercial recording from the Concertino Praga at 15 years of age (2010), can still be heard on radio across Europe and the UK on BBC radio.

She currently studies at the Lake Como International Piano Academy (2016 – Present) and Park University (Kansas City, US) under Stanislav Ioudenitch (2019 – Present).

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