Daria Rabotkina, piano

www.dariarabotkina.com

Winner, 2007 Concert Artists Guild Competition

Daria Rabotkina, winner of the 2007 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, has been lauded as “…a pianist full of fire and warmth” (The Plain-Dealer). Ms. Rabotkina’s burgeoning career has already led to solo appearances with the San Francisco and New World Symphonies under the baton of Michel Tilson Thomas and with the Kirov Orchestra and Valery Gergiev in a four concert North American tour. Whether in front of an orchestra, in the recital hall or in a chamber music setting, this “Russian virtuoso” (The Miami Herald) impresses audiences and critics alike.

Other featured performances include concertos with the Montreal Symphony, Moscow State Symphony, Sendai Philharmonic, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and the Kazan State Symphony, collaborating with conductors Vladimir Feltsman, Fabio Mechetti and Giancarlo Guerrero.

Highlights of recent recital engagements include the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Concert Hall in New York, as well as performances in Denmark, Switzerland and Japan. Festival appearances abroad include Russia’s White Night's Festival, Finland’s Kuhmo Festival, France’s Chopin Festival and Germany’s MusikFest in Kreuth. In the US, Ms. Rabotkina has appeared at Music Academy of the West, where she studied with Jerome Lowenthal, and PianoSummer in New Paltz with Vladimir Feltsman. 

In addition to her October 2007 victory at the CAG Competition, Ms. Rabotkina has garnered competition prizes at the Virtuosi per Musica di Pianoforte in the Czech Republic, Tbilisi Competition in Georgia, Jacob Flier Piano Competition in New Paltz, Sendai Competition in Japan, World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, Jacksonville Competition in Florida and the Montreal International Musical Competition.

Daria Rabotkina was born in Kazan, Russia, into a family of musicians and gave her first solo recital at the age of ten. Her first musical steps were guided by her parents, both outstanding pianists, and Nora Kazachkova at the Special Music School in Kazan. She earned Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music degrees from Mannes College of Music in New York City where she studied with Vladimir Feltsman and was coached by Leon Pommers, Pamela Frank, Todd Phillips, Timothy Eddy and Jacob Lateiner. She has participated in master classes with Earl Wild, Edward Aldwell, Eteri Andjaparidze, Andras Schiff and Richard Goode. Ms. Rabotkina is currently pursuing a doctorate from the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of Natalya Antonova.