PROGRAM
J. S. Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825
Prelude
Allemande
Corrente
Sarabande
Menuet I, Menuet
Giga
F. Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 55
No. 1 in F minor
No. 2 in E-flat Major
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Allegro Maestoso
Scherzo Molto Vivace
Largo
Finale Presto, non tanto
Marina Ivanova was born in Moscow. She completed the Gnessin Music School (1998) in the class of Prof. L. Leviante, the Music College at the Moscow Conservatory (2002), and the Tchaikovsky State Moscow Conservatory (2008) in the class of Prof. I. Osipova (piano), Prof. G. Brikina (accompaniment), and Prof. T. Alikhanov (chamber music). She has won awards at various piano competitions, such as Les jeunes talents in Aix-en-Provence (France, 1996), Classical Heritage in Moscow (1999), and the J. S. Bach competition in Saarbrücken (Germany, 2001).
She attended masterclasses with Prof. L. Naumov, V. Gornostaeva, V. Merzhanov, T. Zelikman, E. Monaszon (Russia), E. Golandsky (USA), A. Oland (Denmark), W. Blanckenheim (Germany), M. Hughes, P. Gulda (Austria), B. Canino (Italy), and I. Prunyi (Hungary).
She has performed solo recitals and chamber music concerts in Russia, Croatia, France, and Germany. She has also played in ensembles with violinist E. Epshtein, cellist M. Karuza, and flutist S. Careddu. She has lived in Split since 2010 and worked as an external accompanist at the Academy of Arts since 2011. In 2017, she was employed on a permanent basis.
In 2013, she received an award for best accompanist at the "Vinko Lesić" competition. As an accompanist, she has worked at seminars such as Summer Con Spirito in Trogir, Winter Con Spirito in Vinkovci, Summer Schools in Kaštela and Pučišća, and Flute Days in Split. She has collaborated with renowned musicians such as E. Epshtein, D. Schwarzberg (violin), P. Veličković (viola), M. Karuza, O. Mandozzi (cello), R. Leone (piccolo), M. Grahek, M. Zupan, H. Schmeiser, and S. Careddu (flute). In 2015, she held a seminar for accompanists at the Josip Runjanin Music School in Vinkovci, and in 2020, she gave a series of five concert lectures titled Composers for Children at the Studio 21 Art Gallery in Split.