Anastasia Huppmann

Anastasia Huppmann

Anastasia Huppmann (born November 16, 1988) is a Russian-born Austrian concert pianist. Her repertoire includes compositions from solo works of Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Joseph Haydn, Claude Debussy and Ludwig van Beethoven, and orchestral works of Sergei Prokofiev.

Biography

Born in Tver, Russia, Huppmann started playing piano when she was very young.[1][2] When she was eight, she placed third in the University of Norilsk's piano competition.[3] She was admitted to the program for gifted children at the University of Smolensk and later attended the University of Arts at Saratov.[3]

She has studied with Lev Naumov, Lev Shugom, Krassimira Jordan, and others.[3]

Awards

Huppmann has received a number of awards in piano competitions,[1][2][4] including

  • 2005: First Prize – XXI Century competition (Kiev, Ukraine)[3]
  • 2009: First Prize – Professor Dichler competition (Vienna, Austria)[3]
  • 2009: Bluethner Special Prize in the framework of the Erik a Chary competition (Austria)[3]
  • 2009: Third Prize – Osaka international Piano Competition [no first prize awarded] (Japan)
  • 2011: First Prize – XI International Concorso Pianistico Vietri sul Mare – Costa Amalfitana (Italy)
  • 2011: First Prize – Premio di esecuzione Pianistica IXth International Antonio Napolitano Citta di Salerno (Italy)
  • 2012: First Place – International Piano Competition 14th Grand Prix International, Jeunes Talents (France)

Numerous solo performances in the Ukraine, Russia, Austria, France, Poland, Spain, Italy, and active collaboration with various national orchestras have led Huppmann to the great concert halls of Europe and Asia.

Discography

  • 2014: Travel through three centuries (iMusician Digital)
  • 2016: Chopin / Liszt (Gramola)[5]

Her albums on iTunes and Spotify are available for download. She has also published a collection of videos of her selected works on her dedicated YouTube channel.[6] Her channel has a large following with more than millions of views on some of the videos of her playing piano.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Biography of Anastasia Huppmann on Official Site
  2. 1 2 Unofficial Biography of Anastasia Huppmann on Die Klaviermachermeister
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Unsere junge Musikpreisträger, Наши молодые лауреаты". ERVIK-EU Eевропейско-Российское Общество Международного Сотрудничества (in German). Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  4. ↑ Europian-Russian Club of Artists for International Cooperation – German Biography
  5. ↑ Silberstein, Myron (2016). "'Études: in A♭/"Aeolian Harp'; in F/Nouvelle Étude No. 1 in f". Fanfare: The Magazine For Serious Record Collectors. 40 (2): 311–312 – via EBSCOhost. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ Official YouTube Channel of Anastasia Huppmann
  7. ↑ "La joven pianista rusa cuyas reproducciones en Youtube se cuentan por miles". Cadalario (in Spanish). 7 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
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