Maria Masycheva
2nd Prize ex-aequo piano 2010
Born in Moscow, Maria Masycheva showed musical talent at a very young age. After studies at the Academic Music College with Maria Rakova, she became a permanent soloist of the chamber orchestra “Cantus Firmus” at 9 years old. She then pursued her studies at the Academic Music College of the Moscow Conservatoire with Vera Khoroshina, at the Moscow Conservatoire with Elisso Virsaladze, and at the Berlin University of Arts with Klaus Hellwig. She is laureate of many international competitions (Piano Campus, Long-Thibaud, Sendai, Geneva…) and now leads an exciting career that brings her to Austria, Poland, Germany, France, Israel, Japan, Russia and the United States. She has appeared in major venues in cities such as Paris (Salle Cortot, Salle Gaveau), Geneva (Victoria Hall), Moscow (Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Puschkin Museum), Zurich (Tonhalle) and Berlin (Konzerthaus). Maria Masycheva has performed in important festivals worldwide, such as the Klavier Ruhr Festival, Young Euro Classic Festival, Les Piano Folies, among others. She collaborates with many orchestras in Europe and in Russia, including the State of Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Radio-France, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.