Natalya Pasichnyk


Natalya Pasichnyk, born February 13, 1971, is a Swedish-Ukrainian classical pianist. She lives in Stockholm.

Biography

Born in Rivne, Ukraine, Natalya is the daughter of Igor and Jadwiga Pasichnyk. Her father became the first rector of National University of Ostroh Academy when it was revived in 1994. Her sister is the soprano Olga Pasichnyk.
She is the first Swedish musician to win the gold medal in 2024.
Natalya started her musical studies at the age of three. After graduating from the Music Boarding School in Lviv she continued at the Lviv National Musical Academy, M. Lysenko for professor Josef Örmeny. She then finished her postgraduate studies for professor Andrzej Stefański at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and for Staffan Scheja at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Natalya has performed widely, both as soloist and chamber musician, often with her sister Olga. She has appeared throughout Europe, USA, Argentina and Japan, in concert halls such as Suntory Hall, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Berwaldhallen, Konserthuset, deSingel, Auditori Winterthur, Laeiszhalle, Warsaw Philharmonic, NOSPR concert hall, National forum of music in Wroclaw, Poznań Philharmonic, Baltic National Philharmonic, at festivals such as and Mozart festival,, Schubertiada,, Three Choirs Festival, St Magnus International Festival, Nordlysfestivalen,, Gdansk Piano Autumn, . She cooperated with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mozarteum,, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, Philharmonic Orchestra of Kraków, Wrocław Philharmonic, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Polish- Baltic Philharmonic, Gdańsk and Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra,,, NorrlandsOperan under the direction of conductors such as Christopher Hogwood, Evgeniy Svetlanov, Arie van Beck, Jacek Kaspszyk, Marek Mos, B Tommy Andersson, Gidon Kremer,, David Niemann, and Robert Stehli.
She is prizewinner of the Fifth in Nyborg, in Cincinnati, and special prize winner of the Umberto Micheli International Piano Competition. 2000 she received the Anders Wall foundation Giresta prize. In 2017 she was awarded Stockholm City's Culture grant, based on her contribution to Stockholm’s cultural life and in 2022 Church of Sweden's Culture Prize. In 2024 she was awarded the Bo Bringborn musical prize, the Nils Göran Olves foundation's music prize and is the 2024 Gold Medal winner of the for her recording of J. S. Bach. In 2025 she received the Culture Prize of the Swedish Foundation Renaissance for the Humanities at Prince Eugen's Waldemarsudde in the presence of H. M. Queen Silvia. She is the artistic director of . She appears in the award-winning documentary broadcast by Swedish Television.
Natalya holds the degree of Doctor of Arts from and Doctor of Philosophy in Artistic Research from Grieg Academy, University of Bergen.
Natalya Pasichnyk is the founder and director of the Ukrainian Institute in Sweden – a cultural-diplomatic organization based in Strömsborg in Stockholm. She is affiliated to the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.

Discography

  • The spirit of Freedom Consolation – Forgotten Treasures of the Ukrainian Soul
  • The Fourth Dimension – Bach and Messiaen
  • Musik i Giresta kyrka
  • Dumky – Popular Ukrainian songs for voice and piano