| Biography | Born in Moscow, Natasha moved to the United States at the age of 8 and became a US citizen in 1991. She began her piano studies at the age of 4 with Nina Malikova at Moscows Andreyev School of Music. She then studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music before moving to New York to study with Pavlina Dokovska at Mannes College of Music, from which she graduated in 2007.
Natasha made her professional debut at age nine with the El Camino Youth Symphony in California. At age fifteen, she debuted with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and recorded two discs on the Bel Air Music Label with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under Dmitry Yablonsky, the first featuring Anton Rubinsteins Piano Concerto No. 4 coupled with Rachmaninovs Paganini Rhapsody, and the second featuring Chopins shorter works for piano and orchestra. Natasha was awarded the Gilmore Young Artists prize in 2006 at the age of 18, the Prix Montblanc in 2007, the Orpheum Stiftung Prize in Switzerland. In September 2010, she was awarded the Classical Recording Foundations Young Artist of the Year. |