BORN and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia, Anastasia Markina started playing piano when she was almost four winning her first competition six years later. Her first teacher, Tatyana Shrago led her to win her first international piano competition in Marsala, Italy in 1992. After graduating from Music School, she took lessons with Alexander Mndoyants and Maria Mekler. In 1994, she entered the Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music where she studied for four years in the studio of Mary Guseva, student of Pavel Serebryakov. While there, she won several international piano competitions, including 1st prize at the 1st International Maria Yudina Piano Competition, 1st prize in solo and 1st prize in chamber music at the Beach of Hope International Music Festival and Competition in Dobrich-Albena, Bulgaria, and was one of the three prize winners at the Peter the Great Music Festival in Groningen, Holland in 1997.  After receiving her diploma with honors from the College of Music, she was invited to study in the United States by Victor Rosenbaum, well-known teacher and pianist, and director of the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. In 1999, she moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area to continue her education at the University of North Texas in the studio of Prof. Vladimir Viardo (Gold medalist of the 1973 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition). While studying at UNT, she continued winning competitions in the United States, including 1st prize at the San Angelo Sorantin International Music competition, 1st prize at the First Boesendorfer International Piano Competition, 1st and Grand prize at the Young Texas Artist Music Competition, and 2nd prize at the First Jose Iturbi Music Competition. In November 2005, she has performed Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the San Angelo Symphony under Hector Guzman. In January 2007, she has performed Ravel Piano Concerto in G with the Phoenix Symphony under Lawrence Golan. Her performances include solo, chamber music, and orchestra appearances in the United States, Mexico, including recitals with Eugene Osadchy and Mark Peskanov on the Barge Music Series in NY, NY in 2009, performances at the Vetta Chamber music festival in 2010 and 2011 with Eugene Osadchy and Joan Blackman. Other collaborations include recitals with James Gallway, Emmanuel Borok, and Joseph Alessi among others. Ms. Markina has performed with Eugene Osadchy and Paul Rosenthal in Sitka Music festival in Anchorage, Alaska. She has also been invited to Summit music festivals in Burgos, Spain and Purchase, NY. Since 2011 Anastasia has been a part of Dallas Symphony Orchestra. CD recording with cellist Eugene Osadchy has been released in 2010 and available for sale. 

EDUCATION:


Schools and Universities:

1999 - 2009 - University of North Texas(BM, MM, AC)

1998 - 1999 - Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA

1994 -1998 - Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music (BM)

1982 - 1993 - St. Petersburg Music School (Diploma)