Svetlana Andreeva – 2024

Svetlana Andreeva was born in Dzhankoy, a small city on the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine. She moved with her family to Russia and began learning music at the age of four at the Azov Music School. At 11, choosing between math and music, she decided to pursue a professional music career at the Lyceum of Rostov Rachmaninov Conservatory,

specializing in both piano and composition.

At the age of fifteen, Svetlana enrolled in the Central Music School of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, studying under Andrey Limaev, Natalia Trull (piano), and Leonid Bobylev (composition). She continued her studies at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with the same professors.

In 2011, Svetlana won her first Grand Prix at the Rosario Marciano International Piano Competition in Vienna. Over the following years, she earned prizes in various prestigious international piano competitions, including the Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, the International Piano Competition H. R. H. Princess Lalla Meryem in Morocco, the Scottish International Piano Competition in Glasgow, the Southern Highland International Piano Competition in Australia, the International Piano Competition in Campillos, the Russian Music International Piano Competition in Sanremo, the Scriabin International Piano Competition in Moscow, and others. She graduated with excellence from the Moscow Conservatory in 2012 and has been residing in Germany since 2014. In recent years, Svetlana has studied under Stefan Arnold at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin and the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, graduating with distinction from both.

From the beginning of her artistic journey, Svetlana Andreeva has paid special attention to the modern and contemporary repertoire. Her deep interest in contemporary music has also led her to collaborate with various new music ensembles, such as N-Ensemble and Echo Ensemble.

In 2022-2023, she recorded the album Synesthesia, featuring piano works by French composer Christian Schittenhelm, and presented the world premiere recording of his Air Piano Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Svetlana continues to explore new ways of conveying ideas and emotions to her listeners, carefully designing programs and always seeking to expand expressive means and explore new artistic paths.

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2024 Prizes:

ORCOM Foundation 1st Prize

Edison Denisov Prize

Samson François Prize

Blanche Selva Grant

Photo credit: ©J.B Millot