Asiya Korepanova, piano, performs Liszt's 24 Etudes

• Asiya Korepanova, piano

VCA is thrilled to welcome pianist, transcriber, composer, visual artist, and poet Asiya Korepanova to the Kay White Hall. The only pianist currently performing Franz Liszt’s 24 Etudes as a single program and one of few to tout a concerto list that features over 60 works, Asiya Korepanova is a pianistic powerhouse.

In addition to the concert, join Asiya for her pre-concert talk about the program she will be playing. The pre-talk starts at 6:30pm and the concert at 7:30pm.

Asiya was born in Izhevsk, Russia, to a musical family. Throughout her formative years in Russia, Ms. Korepanova received various awards for her prodigious abilities. These include the Russian Federation’s President Award for “Exceptional Achievement in the Arts”, the National Award from the Republic of Udmurtia (2002), Germany’s Berliner Salon Award (2003), and Russia’s Youth Triumph Award (2005), the title of ‘Honored Artist of Udmurtia’ (2009). She is the Moscow Philharmonic Society’s artist.

In 2012, Asiya moved to the United States at the invitation of renowned pianist, maestro Santiago Rodriguez. Later that year, she was awarded the Gold Medal at the Nina Wideman International Piano Competition – an accolade which proved invaluable in the establishment of her concertizing career in the U.S.

She has since continued to garner national attention with performances at the Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, the Bargemusic Series, the Phillips Collection, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Series, the International Miami Piano Festival, and countless others. Ms. Korepanova has been featured on CNN, NPR stations, WFMT, and WETA.

Asiya’s contributions to the solo piano literature —including her historic solo piano transcriptions of Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, Sergei Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata, and Modest Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death — have given her a place among today’s formidable transcribers. Asiya eagerly anticipates the premiere of her latest transcription work – the Manfred Symphony by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, to be released as a filmed performance, as well as the long-awaited release of her CD album of complete Rachmaninoff piano sonatas, including her piano transcription of his Cello Sonata, the score of which will be published at the same time.

Asiya’s communicative desires have culminated in several projects featuring original poetry and visual art that serve as an interpretive commentary to a particular cycle of works for the piano. These cycles include Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes, J.S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, Tchaikovsky’s 18 Morceaux, Op. 72, and, most recently, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Asiya’s live performances of these compositions have astounded audiences and organizers alike.

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About Asiya Korepanova, piano

Asya Korepanova is recognized not only for her achievements as a pianist, but also for her work as a composer, visual artist, and poet, reflecting her uncompromising dedication to the arts.
Asiya was born in Izhevsk, Russia to a musical family. She began to learn piano when she was 4 years old from her mother Soreya, her first piano teacher. At the age 6, she was taught to read music in orchestral clefs by her father Sergey, an exemplary composer, and started composing her own music. At 9, she made her orchestral debut, playing Mozart's Concerto No.8 with her own cadenza, and performed her first philharmonic recital.

The same year, she began studying composition with Albert Leman, the chair of Moscow Conservatory’s composition department and a student of Dmitry Shostakovich. She continued her study with him for 5 years until his passing in 1998 and that short period has influenced all aspects of her musical development and became a truly formative experience.

As a result of her early bond with composition, she also developed a strong interest in new music. In Russia, she premiered 3 piano concertos by Vladislav Kazenin and Shamil Timerbulatov, performing with the Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra, the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra. In the U.S., she has premiered various works by Michael Daugherty, Thomas Sleeper, and Orlando Garcia, among others.

Throughout her early years in Russia, Ms. Korepanova received various awards for her prodigious abilities. These include the Russian Federation's Presidential Award for Exceptional Achievement in the Arts, the National Award from the Republic of Udmurtia (2002), Germany's Berliner Salon Award (2003), Russia's Youth Triumph Award (2005), and the title of Honored Artist of Udmurtia (2009).

In 2012, Asiya moved to the United States at the invitation of renowned pianist, maestro Santiago Rodriguez, to earn her Doctoral degree under his guidance at the University of Miami. Later that year, she was awarded the Gold Medal at the Nena Wideman International Piano Competition––an achievement that proved invaluable in the establishment of her concertizing career in the U.S.

She has since continued to garner national attention with performances at the Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, the Bargemusic Series, the Phillips Collection, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Series, the International Miami Piano Festival, and many others. Ms. Korepanova has been featured on CNN, NPR stations, WFMT, and WETA.

Asiya and her husband Dmitry reside in a forest-rich Boston suburb where she is unlimited in times and hours of the day when she can play or listen to music.