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Alina Kiryayeva, piano
Professional concert pianist and chamber musician Alina Kiryayeva is best known for her innovative approach to presentation of classical music and superb command of her instrument. Just as much, she has been praised for enchanting audiences with philosophical insight and charismatic stage presence.
Ms.Kiryayeva has performed in more than a dozen countries, including her native Ukraine, the U.S., Russia, Mexico, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Holland and Japan. Venues & collaborations include the Kharkov State Philharmonic & State Opera Theatre Orchestras, The Imperial Valley Symphony Orchestra, the New York Symphonic Ensemble Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, the Morse Recital Hall, the Concerto Takes Manhattan Series at Yamaha Hall, the Smithsonian Museum and Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.). She has also toured with the clarinetists Charles Neidich and Maksim Shtrykov, and counter-tenor Terry Barber.
In 2013, Kiryayeva released solo piano album “Sonatas,” which she recorded at New York City’s Klavierhaus, helmed by Grammy-nominated sound engineer Patrick Lo Re. It was featured on 150th broadcast of "Women in Music" on CKWR Radio in Ontario, Canada. Her second album – “Moving Pictures” (2016) - was accompanied by over a hundred concert appearances in United States and Canada.
Kiryayeva gave her first solo recital at age 8 and her solo debut with orchestra at 11. She is one of few classical pianists that completed both Bachelor and Master degrees at The Juilliard School of Music on full scholarship; and was also awarded the Fannie Gottlieb-Harkavi Scholarship and Susan Rose Piano Scholarship. Her awards include top prizes in Senigallia International Competition, the Grace Welsh International Competition and the California Young Artist International Competition. Kiryayeva has been honored by Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk, with the State Award for Achievements in Arts.
In addition to Kiryayeva’s performing and teaching career, in 2020 she has received a Doctoral degree from The City University of New York upon completion of the research on the relationship between classical and popular music.