Maria Tretyakova

General information

 

Age
26

Country
Russia

Born in Moscow in 1984, Maria Tretyakova is the daughter of famed Russian violinist Viktor Tretyakov. She began her piano studies at the age of five and a year later gave her first public performances and made television and radio appearances in Russia and France. At the age of nine, she won first prize at an international competition for young pianists in Poland and also made her debut as soloist with orchestras in several Russian cities. In 1997, she became a soloist with the Moscow State Philharmonia and gave her first concert in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Outside of Russia, she has performed with orchestras in Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia, other countries of the former Yugoslavia, and Germany; has toured to Malaysia, Japan, and South Korea; and has taken part in numerous festivals.


Repertoire

Round I
Beethoven—Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
Tchaikovsky—The Seasons, Op. 37 bis: August: Harvest, December: Christmas Week
Rachmaninoff—Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42

Round II
Bach—Chaconne from Partita for Violin Solo No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (trans. Busoni)
Tchaikovsky-Pletnev—Concert Suite from The Nutcracker
Shchedrin—Concert Etude, “Tchaikovsky Etude”
Prokofiev—Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Mozart—Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D minor, K.466

Round III
Tchaikovsky—Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Rachmaninoff—Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Education

2005–2010   Bruno Maderna Conservatory, Cesena, Italy (teacher: Boris Petrushansky)


2003–2008   International Piano Academy Incontri col maestro, Imola, Italy, (teachers: Boris Petrushansky, Franco Scala, Leonid Margarius)


2002   Moscow Conservatory (teacher: Lev Naumov)


1990–2002   Middle School of the Gnessin Academy of Music, Moscow (teacher: А. Aristova)


Prizes

2008   Concorso Nazionale di Esecuzione Musicale Citta di Riccione, First Prize


2006   Premio Citta di Cesenatico, First Prize


2005   Premio Citta di Padova