BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:169@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20160405T193000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20160405T210000 DTSTAMP:20260129T174642Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/asiya-korepanova-2/ SUMMARY:Asiya Korepanova DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nAsiya Korepanova "Pianistic Powerhouse..."  The only pia nist currently performing Liszt's 24 Etudes as a single program and one of few to tout a concerto list that features over 60 works\, Asiya Korepanov a is a pianistic powerhouse and rapidly rising star. A result of her uncom promising dedication to the arts\, Ms. Korepanova is recognized not only f or her achievements as a pianist\, but also for her work as a transcriber\ , composer\, visual artist\, and poet.\n\n\n\n\nAsiya’s contributions to the solo piano literature —including her historic solo piano transcript ion of Richard Strauss’ “Ein Heldenleben” and that of Rachmaninof f 's Cello Sonata—have given her a place among today’s formidable tran scribers. A number of her transcriptions have been recorded through her Y ouTube vlog project\, 'Midnight Pieces'. Launched in September\, 2017\, A siya shares 53 performances of short works. Among these are well-known wo rks\, Russian compositions\, obscure works\, and original transcriptions.\ nThe pianist who performed the complete Rachmaninoff solo piano works wit hin the composer’s 150th-anniversary year in 2023\, Asiya Korepanova is a pianistic powerhouse hailed as a "tremendously gifted pianist who exhibi ts a singular affinity for Rachmaninoff’s Russian romantic idiom and pos sesses the blazing technique to fully realize his distinctive scores" (Sou th Florida Classical Review)\, who is also highly recognized as a composer \, visual artist\, and poet.\n A herald of an enormous repertoire encompa ssing over 60 piano concertos and solo works ranging from early Baroque period to music of living composers\, Asiya is a quintessential completist .\nShe finds unique joy in performing collections of works such as the 24 Liszt Etudes or the entire Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach. Her emotionally charged and colorfully nuanced performances have gained her the admiration of audiences and resulted in many repeat engagements.\n Asiya\, a pianis t and composer\, draws her musical inspiration from the legacy of Dmitry S hostakovich\, having studied composition under his direct disciple\, Alber t Leman.\nShe is the author of original works in multiple genres and instr umentations. Her historic solo piano transcriptions of Richard Strauss’ 'Ein Heldenleben'\, Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata\, Tchaikovsky's 'Manfred ' Symphony\,  Mussorgsky's 'Songs and Dances of Death' have placed her a mong today’s formidable transcribers\, and attracted attention of  worl d-renown pianists such as Lang Lang and Polina Osetinskaya\, who commissio ned and recorded Asiya's transcriptions.\n​The most recent composition e vents include the world premiere recording of Asiya’s concerto for alto saxophone and piano\, Poéme\, performed by Thomas Giles and Liana Pailod ze Harron\; the publication of her transcription of Rachmaninoff's cello sonata\; the premiere of her Piano Quintet ‘I marvel at the sky’\, com missioned by the Third Dimension Music Festival\; and the premiere of Con Brio for two pianos\, performed with her duo partner Ilya Kazantsev as a p art of the Dranoff Two Piano Foundation series. \nAn avid chamber musicia n\, Asiya collaborates with a wide array of musicians\, such as David Shif rin\, the Balourdet Quartet\, the Hermitage Piano Trio\, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt\, Rodney Marsalis\, Julian Schwarz\, Eleni Katz\, Irina Muresanu \, and Alexander Fiterstein. She regularly performs as part of the '88 by 20' piano duo with her friend and former classmate\, Grammy-nominated pian ist Ilya Kazantsev.\n Uninhibited in her artistic expression\, Asiya is a lso sought after her work as a visual artist and poet. Her multimedia pro jects featuring original poetry and visual art serve as interpretive comm entary for a particular cycle of piano works. These cycles include Liszt ’s Transcendental Etudes\, Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier\, Tchaikovsk y’s 18 Morceaux\, Op. 72\, and\, most recently\, Mussorgsky's Pictures a t an Exhibition. Asiya's live performances of these compositions have asto unded audiences and organizers alike.\n Caring about the development of s ociety\, in 2017 Asiya founded Music for Minds\, a non-profit organizatio n that brings classical performances into classrooms and creates music fes tivals featuring unique programming. From 2017 through 2019\, Asiya direct ed her brainchild 'Festival Baltimore\,' a two-week chamber music series a nd summer academy dedicated to the performance and study of complete cycle s\, one of Music for Mind's projects. Her new concert series\, 'Flatiron F estival'\, premiered in June 2025 in New York City and scheduled to contin ue in 2026.\n Born in Izhevsk\, Russia\, to a musical family\, Asiya bega n learning the piano at 4 years old from her mother Soreya\, her first pia no teacher. At the age of 6\, she was taught to read music in orchestral c lefs by her father Sergey\, an exemplary composer\, and started composing her own music. At 9\, she made her orchestral debut\, playing Mozart Conce rto No. 8 with her own cadenza\, and gave her first full philharmonic reci tal.\n Simultaneously\, she began studying composition with Albert Leman\ , the chair of Moscow Conservatory's composition department and a student of Dmitry Shostakovich\, continuing working with him until his passing in 1998. That short period has influenced all future aspects of her musical a nd artistic development.\n In 2012\, Asiya moved to the United States at the invitation of renowned pianist and maestro Santiago Rodriguez\, to ear n a Doctoral degree under his guidance at the University of Miami. Later t hat year\, she was awarded the Gold Medal at the Nena Wideman Internationa l Piano Competition—an achievement that proved invaluable in establishin g her concertizing career in the U.S. In 2017\, she added a University of Miami Artist Diploma degree to her portfolio\, having earned it in the stu dios of Kevin Kenner and Tian Ying.\n Asiya has since continued to garner national attention with performances at the Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall\, the Phillips Collection\, the Newport Classical Festival\, Miami In ternational Piano Festival\, San Francisco International Piano Festival\, and many other notable series\, symphony orchestras\, and festivals throug hout the country. She has been featured on CNN\, NPR stations\, WFMT\, and WETA.\n In 2025-26 season\, Asiya makes her debut at the Tippet Rise Art Center\, returns to the San Francisco Piano Festival and Friends of Chamb er Music of Miami series\; premieres Amy Beach piano concerto in Argentina \, making her debut with Buenos Aires Philharmonic\; debuts with  Nationa l Symphony of Chile\, Alabama Symphony and Abilene Philharmonic\; tours wi th the Balourdet Quartet and records her debut album with Reference Record ing label. In June 2026\, she directs the second season of her  Flatiron Festival\, a two-week chamber series on Manhattan\, NYC. She also anticipa tes the releases of scores of her compositions: the Poéme for alto saxoph one and piano\, Con Brio for two pianos\, and Triptych for clarinet and pi ano\, as well as her transcriptions for piano solo: Manfred Symphony by Pe ter Tchaikovsky\, Songs and Dances of Death by Mussorgsky\, and various wo rks by Chopin\, Berg\, Tchaikovsky\, Fauré\, and Bach.\nAsiya and her hus band Dmitry reside in a forest-rich Boston suburb\, where she is free to p ractice or listen to music any time of the day or night. She is an avid ru nner and hiker\, and a vocal advocate for a clean lifestyle.\n\n\n\n\nProg ram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeethoven: 32 Variations in c minor Wo0 80\n\nBeethoven : Piano Sonata quasi una Fantasia No. 14 in c-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 "Mo onlight"\n\nRachmaninoff/Korepanova: Sonata for Cello and Piano in g minor Op. 19 (piano solo)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/01/DSC_3139_kateliu-11.webp?fit=680%2C386&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150406T193000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR