Prjevalskaya Marianna

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Marianna Prjevalskaya is an international concert pianist, recognized for the emotional intensity, mature execution, and sonic beauty of her piano interpretations. Since her solo orchestral debut at the age of nine, she has collaborated with orchestras such as the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, National Lithuanian Symphony Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Granada Symphony Orchestra, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, and Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, working with renowned conductors including Ion Marin, Roberto Trevino, David Danzmayr, and Stamatia Karampini. As a recital soloist, she has performed in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Korea, at prestigious venues such as Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome, Teatro Goldoni in Florence, Auditorio Manuel de Falla in Granada, and Palau de la Música in Valencia. Marianna Prjevalskaya's artistic activity is supported by a remarkable career in international competitions, where she has won first prizes at over 20 contests, including the New Orleans International Piano Competition (2014), the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati (2013), the European Piano Competition in Normandy (2013), the Panama International Piano Competition (2012), the Jaén International Piano Competition in Spain (2011), the Sendai International Piano Competition (2010), and the Paderewski International Piano Competition (2007). She has also served as an adjudicator at the Open Piano Competition in London, the Albacete National Piano Competition in Spain, and has been associated with renowned festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, Norwich and Norfolk Festival, Festival Russo in Rome, Bearcat Piano Festival, and Texas State Piano Festival. Discographically, she released an album with Naxos in 2012 (Scarlatti, Haydn, Schumann, Zárate) and an album dedicated to Rachmaninov, released in 2016 with Fanfare Cincinnati, praised for its polyphonic clarity, precision, and emotional impact. Born into a family of musicians, Marianna benefited from piano lessons from her mother, Tatiana Prjevalskaya, starting at the age of six, training that continued for more than a decade. She pursued her higher education between Europe and the United States: the Royal College of Music in London, Indiana University South Bend (Toradze Piano Studio), Yale School of Music (Master of Music and Artist Diploma), and the Peabody Institute of Music, where she obtained her doctorate under the guidance of Professor Boris Slutsky. Alongside her performing career, she is an active educator, teaching at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music, the Preparatory Program at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, the Nelly Berman School of Music in Pennsylvania, and the Dublin Music Conservatoire. Outside of music, she expresses her passion for photography and painting.