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“Full of charm, simplicity, and humor, Valentina Igoshina presents a playing where refinement and character go hand in hand.” Alain Cochard (PIANISTE, September-October 2006).

Valentina IGOSHINA was born in Bryansk (Russia), where she began studying piano before joining the prestigious Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and winning several international competitions: Rubinstein in Poland in 1993, Serge Rachmaninov in Moscow in 1997, Queen Elisabeth in Brussels in 2003, José Iturbi in Valencia in 2006. Valentina has performed recitals in London, Zurich, Milan, Paris, Moscow, Luxembourg, St. Louis (USA), Madrid, Alicante, Lyon, Ludwigsburg, Palermo… and has participated in numerous festivals including Radio France-Montpellier, La Roque d’Anthéron, Piano aux Jacobins in Toulouse, Piano en Valois in Angoulême, Piano Folies in Le Touquet, Ravello in Italy, Bath in the United Kingdom, Duszniki Zdrój in Poland, Musica Belem in Lisbon, Povoa de Varzim and Sintra in Portugal, Styriarte in Graz, Austria. Valentina has also been invited by numerous orchestras (Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, BBC Scotland in Glasgow, Galicia Philharmonic in Santiago de Compostela, Polish Radio in Warsaw and Katowice, Brandenburg Symphony, Barcelona Symphony, Santiago Municipal in Chile, Royal Chamber of Wallonia, Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo…) to perform major Russian repertoire concertos (Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Scriabin…) as well as Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Grieg… Her discography includes Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” and Schumann’s Carnaval (Warner Classics), the complete Waltzes of Chopin (Lontano, Warner Classics), and more recently, the 2 Concertos by Shostakovich (CPO) with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Neuss am Rhein. She has also been heard on live broadcasts by the BBC and Classic FM in the UK, and two DVDs (Claverdon Films London, dist. WarnerVision) directed by Tony Palmer are available where she performs pieces by Rachmaninov and Chopin: “The Harvest of Sorrow” dedicated to Sergei Rachmaninov and “The Mystery of Chopin – The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka.” In addition to her concert activities, Valentina teaches at the Maurice Ravel Conservatory in Paris, nurturing new talents as she did previously at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, and also conducts numerous masterclasses.