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| Elena Ulyanova |
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 At the age of 5, Elena Ulyanova began to study piano with her mother, Larisa Ulyanova, in Saki, Crimea. After winning several first prizes in Ukrainian and Russian competitions, she was awarded full scholarships for study in Moscow at Gnessin College of Music, Gnessin Academy of Music, and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. While at Gnessin Academy, she won the Momontov competition, which also resulted in tours of Russia, Bulgaria, and Romania. She was also awarded a tour of Austria, which featured the best musicians from Gnessin Academy, and included future Cliburn gold medalist Alexander Kobrin. Shortly after entering Moscow Conservatory, she became a prizewinner in the second Rachmaninov International Piano Competition. This demanding competition required that only Rachmaninoff's music be played, including solo, chamber, and concerto rounds. After receiving the Master of Music degree from Moscow Conservatory, she pursued postgraduate study with Victor Merzhanov, while performing many concerts for the Moscow Philharmonic Concert Association (Moskonzert). Elena has also taken master classes with Emanual Krasovsky, Victor Derevianko, Jerome Rose, Oxana Yablonskaya, John O’Connor, Howard Shelley, and Leslie Howard.Elena immigrated to Washington, DC from Ukraine in May 2004. In 2005, in co-operation with the Rachmaninoff Society, she studied with Howard Shelley, who has recorded all of Rachmaninoff’s works, to prepare for recording of the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The Rhapsody and Piano Concerto no. 2 are featured on her CD with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and released in July, 2006 by Bel Air Music . Elena's music has been heard on radio stations WFMT in Chicago, CKWR in Canada, and WQED in Pittsburgh. Elena performed orchestra, chamber, and solo concerts throughout Russia, Ukraine, Great Britain, Ukraine, Austria, Korea, Netherlands, China, Poland, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, and Romania. Her performances with orchestras include the Vienna Musikverein Orchestra conducted by Martin Turnovsky, the Moscow Radio Symphony (now the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra) with Alexander Vedernikov, the Crimea State Symphony Orchestra in Yalta, State Russian Orchestra “Boyan” with Anatoly Poletayev, and the Omsk Philharmonic with Evgenyi Shestakov. With the Rachmaninoff White Lilacs Festival orchestra in 2001, Elena masterfully performed the Rachmaninoff second concerto on only four hours notice! Among her appearances since immigrating to the United States, she has performed with the Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra, Landon Symphonette, City of Fairfax Band, American Balalaika Symphony, Chamber Music Society of Greater Johnstown Pennsylvania, Dame Myra Hess Series and Fazioli Salon Series in Chicago, the Las Vegas Philharmonic's Connoisseur Series, Concerts Grand in San Francisco, concerts in Washington DC, Orlando Florida, and New York - Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Yamaha Pianos Concert Series, and Bargemusic. In August 2008, Elena won two Grand Prizes for her DVD video performances in the Golden Trophy International Music Competition. The prizes were awarded for her Dame Myra Hess Concert DVD and the American Balalaika Symphony Concert DVD featuring Elena's performance of the Kabalevsky Piano Concerto no. 3. Both video performances can be viewed in their entirity on her web site on the CDs and DVDs page. Biography courtesy of www.elena-ulyanova.com. |
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Did you know....
| An average, medium size piano has about 230 strings. Each string has about 165 pounds of tension. That means the combined pull of all strings equals approximately eighteen tons, and for a grand piano almost thirty tons! |