Anna Kravtchenko (born 1976) is an Italian classical pianist. She won the Busoni competition in 1992 and has been a piano teacher at the ' in Lugano since 2013.

Early life

Kravtchenko began learning piano at age five; she recalls "the great joy of being able to construct a phrase in a certain way and discovering unique sounds". She studied in Italy at the ' in Imola.

Career

In 1991, she won first prize at the international competition '. A year later, at age 16, she won the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, which had not given its First Prize to any pianist for five years. She since had an international concert career, and recorded works by

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for Decca. Kravtchenko performed Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini at the Berliner Philharmonie in 1994. In 1995, she toured Germany and Austria with the Israel Chamber Orchestra, playing Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto in Vienna in the hall of the

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. In 2001, when she played Chopin's Piano Concerto in F minor with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by

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of '' The Telegraph'' said she played it "in a way that thoroughly warmed the heart and thrilled the senses", and explained: Kravtchenko won the International Web Concert Hall Competition in 2006. Since 2013, she has taught piano at the ' in Lugano, in the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Ticino.

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Cultura e spettacolo del Comune di VeneziaFondazione Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ferruccio BusoniUniversal Music
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kravtchenko, Anna Living people 1976 births Prize-winners of the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition Women classical pianists People from Lugano People from Imola 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century women pianists