Olga Chrishina – piano

Olga-Grishina-piano

 

Education
Utrecht Conservatory: Master diploma (piano), 2015
Utrecht Conservatory: Bachelor diploma cum laude (piano), 2013
Royal College of Music, London, September 2009- June 2010
Moscow Conservatory College: Bachelor diploma cum laude (piano), 2009
Regular private lessons with Diane Walsh (Mannes College of Music, New York), Zenon Fishbein (Manhattan School of Music), Ian Jones (Royal College of Music, London), Anait Karpova (Brussels Conservatory)

Master-classes
Arcadi Volodos (world- renowned concertizing pianist), Mirabela Dina (piano professor at Hochschule fur Musik und Tanz, Koln), Dora Schwarzbeg (professor at Vienna conservatory, chamber ensemble), Dmitry Bashkirov (world-renowned pianist and professor at Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia, Madrid) , Jan Wijn (piano professor at Amsterdam Conservatory), International Schubert-Strauss Masterclass for duos (vocalist/pianist) organized by Dutch Schubert Society

Work experience
Children’s Art School, Korolev (Moscow region), 2005-2011- trainee, piano teacher
Moscow Conservatory College, 2006-2009- trainee (assistant of piano teacher) in “Pedagogical practice” sector
Utrecht Conservatory, September 2013- June 2014 – accompanist and opera coach in the class of professor Dobrinka Yankova (classical vocal)
Utrecht Conservatory/Dutch National Opera Academy, October 2013- February 2014- internship in operatic accompaniment and vocal coaching, work with choir and conductor (under Nathalie Doucet, Dutch National Opera Academy)
Private piano practice- from 2005- teaching children and adults in English, Russian and Dutch

Competitions, Awards
1st prize at International Schubert-Strauss Masterclass/Competition, 2013
2nd prize at Moscow Conservatory College Student Competition, 2005
3rd prize at National (All-Russian) Tchaikovsky Competition, 2000
3rd prize at Moscow region Grieg Competition, 1998
Selected twice to play with Utrecht Conservatory Chamber Orchestra (piano concerti by Shostakovich and Mozart)
Royal College of Music (London) Scholarship, 2009

Major Concert Venues
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Moscow Conservatory halls, live Radio4 broadcast (including performances with Michael Wilmering, baritone), Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh (Utrecht), Hermitage Museum (Amsterdam), Russian Embassy (The Hague), Waalsekerk (Breda), Zaltbommel annual festival of Erard pianos

 

Geelvinck Salon:

Pianist Olga Chrishina accompanies soprano Irina Zuboff in ‘Anna Paulowna’, in the Geelvinck Salon on 13 December 2015

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