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About the Teacher
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 Dr. Irina Khovanskaya was born to a musician’s family in Russia’s
Moscow Region on September 9, 1972. She began piano lessons at age 4
with Anna Artobolevskaya and gave her first recital at age 6 in Kiev,
Ukraine.
In 1979, Khovanskaya entered the Central Special Music School of the
Moscow Conservatory, where she studied with Anna Artobolevskaya and
Alexander Mndoyantz. In 1980, Khovanskaya played a concert within the
framework of The Fall Festival in Leningrad. She traveled to the city of
Volgograd in 1981 to play Haydn’s Piano Concerto in D Major with the
Volgograd Symphony Orchestra. In 1982, she played a concert for the
Russian Space Center in the Moscow Region. While studying at the Moscow
Central Special Music School, she gave numerous concerts in the MCSMS
Hall and in the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. In 1987,
Khovanskaya was invited to play Arensky’s Fantasia on the Theme of
Ryabinin for piano and orchestra with the Russian Folk Symphony
Orchestra under Nicolay Nekrasov on the USSR TV.
Khovanskaya entered the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in
1990, where her teacher was Professor Victor Merzhanov. She gave
numerous recitals in Moscow (Great, Small and Rachmaninov Halls of
Moscow Conservatory; Goldenveiser’s Museum; Gagarin Concert Hall;
Historical State Museum; Revolution State Museum), Tambov (Rachmaninov
Music College), Vladimir (Philharmony), Novgorod (Philharmony) and many
other cities in Russia. In 1992, she played Weber’s Konzertstück with
the Moscow Symphony Orchestra under Sergey Skripka. She also played
abroad: in Switzerland (Zurich), Germany (München), Belgium (Brussels)
and Poland (Warsaw).
In 1993, Khovanskaya received a Special Jury Prize in the first
Rachmaninov International Piano Competition in Moscow. During the
competition, a recording of her performance was made by All-Russian
Radio. She also participated in the 1993 ARD International Piano
Competition in München and in the 1995 Queen Elisabeth International
Piano Competition in Brussels. In 1999, she won First Prize in the Texas
Steinway Society Piano Competition in Dallas. She took part in
International Piano Master Classes with Professor Rudolf Buchbinder in
Zurich (1996 and 1997). She recorded in Russia (USSR TV and Radio), made
a CD in Poland (1997) and performed on NBC in the United States (1999).
From 1996 to 1998, Khovanskaya was a member of "Da camera e da
chiesa" Moscow chamber ensemble under Victor Felitziant. This
ensemble toured extensively in Russia and abroad. Concerts were given
within the framework of the World’s Chamber Music Masterpieces
Historical Concerts founded by "Da camera e da chiesa" chamber
ensemble. This concert series took place in the Moscow State Historical
Museum, the Moscow State Museum of Revolution, Stanislavsky’s Museum,
the Rachmaninov Hall of Moscow Conservatory, the Moscow Concert
Exhibition Gagarin Hall, Tchekhov’s Museum in Melikhovo and the
Astafievo State Museum. Among the compositions played were works by
Alyabiev, Arensky, Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Chopin,
Mendelsohn,
Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven.
Khovanskaya graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory in 1996 with
a Diploma of Honors. During the next two years (1997-1998), she did
post-graduate work at the Moscow Conservatory with Professor Victor
Merzhanov.
Dr. Khovanskaya now resides in San Antonio, Texas, where she plays
recitals.
Website: http://geocities.com/russianpiano/irina.html
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Location:
San Antonio, TX
Phone: (210) 641-1871
E-mail: Click here
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