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Victoria Mushkatkol’s artistry has taken her to leading
stages worldwide from Moscow, Russia to Japan and the
Republic of China, including the Royal Family of Thailand in
Bangkok. In a recent concert at Carnegie Hall’s Weill
Recital Hall, presented by the Vladimir Nielsen Foundation,
Ms. Mushkatkol was proclaimed a “splendid pianist” by
the New York Concert Review, which went on to write:
“Her
command of the keyboard is complete; her technique is so
relaxed and effortless.”
Both as a performer and a pedagogue, Victoria Mushkatkol has
appeared at numerous festivals, including the Puigcerda
International Festival in Spain, the Festival Soesterberg in
Netherlands, the Taiwan Music Festival in Taipei, the
Hamptons' Pianofest in New York, Juilliard-in-Korea Summer
Festival Casual Classics, Eastern Music Festival in North
Carolina, Burgos International Music Festival in Spain ,
Escuela internazional de musica in Oviedo, Spain; Garfagnana
Arts Academy , Perugia and Narnia summer festival in Italy
and the Prague International piano Festival.
An internationally recognized pedagogue, Ms. Mushkatkol was
on the faculties of the Interlochen Arts Academy and the
Oberlin Conservatory, and has presented master classes
throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia (recently in Beijing,
Shanghai, Shenzhen and J’inan) Throughout her career, many
of her students emerged as prize-winners on the
international competition circuit, taking prominent places
in the music world.
Her performances have been broadcast on radio stations
throughout the US, while her recent discography includes
recordings of Bach’s French Overture and Chopin’s
Mazurkas, Ballades
and
Scherzi
among others.
Ms. Mushkatkol was a protégé of one of Russia’s most eminent
piano teachers – Vladimir Nielsen – at the Petersburg
Conservatory, from which she has graduated with the highest
honors.
In recent years, Victoria Mushkatkol has returned to Russia,
performing at the Gnessin
Institute in Moscow, the Museum of Music (Sheremetiev
Palace), Philharmonia Maly Zal in St-Petersburg , State
Philharmonia in Novgorod, as well as giving master classes
and serving as the guest performer at the Festival
International Conservatory week in St. Petersburg Rimsky -
Korsakov Conservatory.
Victoria Mushkatkol is currently on the faculty at the
Juilliard School Pre College Division.
She has been
Artistic Director and founder of Vladimir Nielsen Piano
Festival during summers of 2007-2011.
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