Ekaterina Derzhavina
Acclaimed in Europe as one of the finest pianists of her generation, Ekaterina Derzhavina graduated from the Gnessins Music Academy in Moscow.
She won third place in the All-Russia Competition (1989) and first place in the International Bach Competition in Saarbrücken (1992). She has since performed widely throughout Russia, Europe, Canada and USA. Her 1999 recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations created a sensation in the French press, which received in 1999 “Choc du Monde de la Musique”(Paris).
Her last CD with the piano works by Nikolai Medtner received Diapason d’or in January 2009. Since 2003 has been teaching at the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory.