Assistant Lecturer

 

Praised by critics as “a grand pianist” (Il Cittadino, Italy) and a “master of piano” (Music Magazine ‘Auditorium’, Korea), Marianna Prjevalskaya joins the Dublin Conservatoire as a new piano faculty, this September.

Born to a musical family, Dr. Prjevalskaya benefited from early lessons with her mother from age six, her principal mentor for more than eleven years.  She continued her studies at the Royal College of Music in London with Irina Zaritskaya and Kevin Kenner.

In 2003 Marianna moved to the United States where she joined the Toradze Piano Studio at Indiana University South Bend.  She also holds Artist Diploma and Master of Music from the Yale School of Music, where she studied with Professor Boris Berman, as well as a doctorate from Peabody Institute of Music where she was a student of Professor Boris Slutsky.

Being a devoted piano teacher, she taught at Sunderman Conservatory of Music, Peabody Institute and Preparatory Program and at the Nelly Berman School of Music in Pennsylvania. She also served as Visiting Assistant Professor and piano area coordinator at East Tennessee State University.

Since her solo debut with orchestra at age nine, Dr. Prjevalskaya has appeared with major orchestras such as the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, or Galicia Symphony Orchestra, and collaborated with renowned conductors such as Rumon Gamba, Ion Marin, or Roberto Trevino.  As a recitalist, she performed in the US, Europe, and Japan at prestigious venues such as the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome, Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama, Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, or Weill Hall in New York.  Her debut at Carnegie´s Weill Hall with Rachmaninoff´s Variations on a Theme of Chopin and the entire Book II of Préludes by Debussy was praised by musical critic Frank Daykin as “one of the major piano recitals of the season” and “a stunning display of mature pianism”.  He also complimented “her sensitivity to harmonic color and her natural glorious romantic rubato.” (New York Concert Review, New York).

Marianna´s first victory at a piano competition was at the age of fourteen at Marisa Montiel Piano Competition in Linares.  Since then, her performances have won her top prizes at over 20 competitions, including first prizes at the New Orleans International Piano Competition, World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, Jaén International Piano Competition in Spain, among many others.

Her performances were broadcasted by numerous radio stations across the USA, as well as by the Lithuanian, Polish Television, and Spanish Television and Radio stations.  Her first CD album was released by Naxos in 2012 and features works of Scarlatti, Haydn, Schumann and José Zárate.  Her Rachmaninoff album was released in 2016 by Fanfare Cincinnati and was praised by critics in the US and in Spain.

Dr. Prjevalskaya offered masterclasses in diverse music conservatories across Spain, in Iowa University, Tulane University in the USA, and at Iturbis Festival, Musical Arts Summer Program and Festival in Requena, InterHarmony International Music Festival in Italy, and the New Orleans Piano Institute.  She has published diverse articles and concert reviews in Ritmo Music Magazine and Mundoclasico in Spain, and offered presentations about Alexander Scriabin and Domenico Scarlatti’s music at diverse conferences. She has served as adjudicator at Albacete National Piano Competition, Santa Cecilia Hazen Prize in Segovia, MTNA in the US, the New Orleans International Piano Competition, and Jaén International Piano Competition in Spain.

Beyond her musical life, Marianna is interested in photography and art painting.