𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐩𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚 received her education on violin at the Central Special School of Music, the Moscow Conservatory, and Indiana University, where she studied with Boris Belenky, Igor Bezrodny, Alexander Bonduryansky, Tatiana Gaidamovich and Miriam Fried. Natasha has performed as a recitalist in Russia and other countries in the former Soviet Union and as a soloist with orchestras and in Russia, Romania, Germany, Finland, Japan, and the United States. She has made several tours in Japan. She has been recorded on Sony and other established labels, and on numerous soundtracks for movies.
𝐄𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐳𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐚 was born in Moscow. And studied at the Specialized Gnessins Moscow Music school and then at the Gnessins Russian Music Academy, where she also finished the post-graduate course. From 1993 to 2006 she taught in the piano department of the Gnessins Russian Music Academy. Since 2003, she has been a Professor at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. She has given master-classes in Germany, Russia, the USA, Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, and New Zealand.
Among her many recordings, in 1996, Arte Nova Classics released her disc with the Goldberg Variations by Bach, which received the 1999 "Choc du Monde de la Musique" award in Paris. Her 2CD-set with the piano works by Nikolai Medtner (Phoenix Edition) received the French Diapason d'or award in 2009. In 2013 the German label "Profil" released her 9CD-set of the complete Piano Sonatas by Josef Haydn. This edition was nominated for ICMA in 2014 and has received "Choc de Classica" in 2016.
Presented by 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐜., a Boston non-profit organization established in 2015 for the advancement and support of exceptional classical musicians.