Natasha Kislenko Solo Piano Recital February 28, 2009

solo piano recital featuring works by Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Schumann and Prokofiev.

Pianist Natalia (“Natasha”) Kislenko has concertized extensively as a soloist and a chamber musician throughout Russia, Europe and the United States. She is recognized as a truly versatile artist for her broad range of experience. On stage, she is frequently heard in solo and collaborative recitals, chamber music concerts, and playing piano and celeste in orchestras. She has performed with many distinguished artists including Sarah Chang, Zvi Zeitlin, James Buswell, Theodore Kuchar, Tadeu Coelho, and Leone Buyse, to name only a few.

Natasha has won international awards at piano competitions in Germany, France, the Slovak Republic, Italy, and Portugal. She made her Carnegie Hall solo recital debut after taking the Grand Prize at the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition at Joplin in 1996.

Born in Moscow, Russia, Miss Kislenko holds graduate degrees in piano from the famed Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from Stony Brook University, NY. Principal teachers included Anatoly Vedernikov, Joaquín Achúcarro and Gilbert Kalish.

Currently on the Keyboard faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Natasha Kislenko previously served at California State University, Fresno, for five years. She has also been a faculty member for summer festivals at the Meadowmount School of Music, NY (2003) and the Music Academy of the West, CA (2004-present).

Over the years, Natasha has developed a vast repertoire extending from the Baroque era to the present. While favoring her native Russian music, she has also been exploring the diversity of the piano styles in the first half of the 20th century.

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