Oxana Shevchenko


Oxana Shevchenko is a Kazakh classical pianist and the 2010 winner of the Scottish International Piano Competition. She has performed with various orchestras and has been active as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborative pianist.
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Early life and education

Shevchenko studied at the Republican Special Music School for Gifted Children in Almaty under Valentina Tartyshnaya. She later attended the Moscow Conservatory Music College, where she studied with Tatiana Rakova, before earning a degree from the Moscow Conservatory under Elena Kuznetsova
She continued her studies at the Royal College of Music in London with Dmitri Alexeev, supported by the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust. She later pursued further training at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne with Jean-François Antonioli and at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome under Benedetto Lupo

Career

Shevchenko made her solo debut at the age of 9 with the State Symphony Orchestra of Kazakhstan. Over the years, she has collaborated with renowned orchestras, including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, NorrlandsOperan, and the Arena di Verona Orchestra. She has performed under conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy
, Rumon Gamba, Yoel Levi, Ronald Corp, and Martyn Brabbins
She has performed in venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Sydney Opera House, Doge's Palace, Genoa
, Teatro Filarmonico, Konzerthaus Berlin, Palau de la Música de València, and the Atatürk Cultural Center. Shevchenko has also participated in major festivals, including the Lucerne Festival, Sion Festival
, Istanbul Festival, and the Newbury Spring Festival
Her recordings and interviews have been broadcast by major radio and television channels such as BBC Radio 3
, Radio Orpheus, Rai 3, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
, and TVR Cultural.

Chamber music

As a chamber musician, Shevchenko has collaborated with renowned ensembles and musicians, including the Kopelman Quartet, Brodsky Quartet, Christoph Croisé, Narek Hakhnazaryan
, and Andrei Baranov.

Recordings

Debut Album, Delphian Records