Natalya Antonova (russian: Наталия Антонова) is a Russian pianist and educator at the Eastman School of Music.

Early life and career

Natalya began to study piano at the

Saint Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

when she was 4 years old. At 16, she made her first public appearance with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and shortly thereafter accepted a professorship at the Conservatory, as the youngest professor in the history of the school. She then traveled Europe, participating in

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s across the continent. After a decade of travel, she returned to Russia to work as a professor at Gnessin State Musical College. Later on, she became a lecturer at the Conservatoire de Paris, Peabody Institute and

New England Conservatory The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The conservatory is located on Hu ...

following by becoming a faculty member of the

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...

. She also served as a jury at the Corpus Christi and both Hilton Head and the

Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition The Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and is the second largest piano competition in the United States. The competition has three age categories: the International Artists Competition for pianists age ...

. She played Scherzo No. 1 and performed his Preludes as well at the Humboldt State University.

Present day

Today, Natalya continues to teach piano to music students, and regularly performs at classical venues, including Moscow Academy of Music, Conservatoire de Paris, the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, the Peabody Institute, the New England Conservatory of Music,

Singapore University The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the ...

, and National Taiwan University. Recordings of her music are available at the University of Rochester Sibley Music Library. Natalya has quipped that her "only motivation is the love to make music."

References

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