CANDLELIGHT CONCERT | ELENA ZHUKOVA

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Ukrainian pianist and harpsichordist, associate professor in the class of chamber ensembles of the National Academy of Music of Ukraine. She also teaches at the Lysenko Special Musical School and the R. M. Glier Institute of Music in Kiev, where she founded the harpsichord class.

She trained in piano and harpsichord under the guidance of Prof. Svitlana Szabałtina and Valery Kozlov. She took part in master classes led by eminent musicians, including Philippe Entremont, Pierre Hantaï, Ketil Haugsand, Władysław Kłosiewicz, Marek Toporowski, Elżbieta Stefańska and Aline Zylberajch.

She performs as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist, performing music on piano and harpsichord, and as an organist. She has collaborated with leading Ukrainian ensembles and orchestras and singers, including Olga Bezsmertna, soloist of the Vienna State Opera, and Eleonora Vindau, soloist of the Mariinsky Theater. She has participated in numerous opera productions and projects devoted to early music, performing works by, among others, J.S. Bach, Gluck, Purcell, Donizetti and Menotti.

From 2001 to 2011 she was an accompanist of the Department of Opera Reproductions. She has performed with Kyiv Baroque Ensemble, Offertorium, Ars Amarilli, Secundum Artem and Lege Artis. She has also been involved in the popularization of early music, collaborating with Radio Aristocrats on projects combining live music, visual arts and lectures.

She is a laureate of numerous international competitions. She won, among others, 1st prize in the “Art of the XXI Century” competition (2003), 1st prize and Audience Award in the competition “Three Centuries of Classical Romance” (2008) and main prizes at the Wanda Landowska International Harpsichord Competition in Bari (2014), including the Absolute Prize in the category of harpsichord concerto by J.S. Bach with orchestra.

She has participated in renowned festivals and early music courses, including Cembalissimo in Budapest, Montisi Summer School, Dartington Summer School, Olavsfestdagene and Oude Muziek Utrecht.