TATIANA PAVLOVA, pianist and composer, was born in Moscow. She began studying the piano at the age of three. From the age of five to the age of twenty-four she attended the Gnessin Music School and Superior Institute in Moscow, under D. Magratchova and Y. Petrov, receiving Bachelor and Master Degrees with Honours in Piano Performance. She also graduated in oboe as well as studying harpsichord and organ. She perfected her studies under D. Paperno and P. Badura Skoda.
She has won prizes in numerous national and international competitions, both as performer and composer, among which: Maria Canals of Barcelona and Piano Competition of Santander (Spain); Piano Competition of Porto (Portugal); Astor Piazzolla International Award and Greenage (Italy); and Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition (Great Britain).
Her musical versatility has allowed her to play chamber music and recitals, and to exhibit as composer and as soloist with orchestras. In fact, she has given concerts in France Russia, Austria, Spain, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, United States, Columbia, Mexico, Venezuela, Portugal, Romania, in some of the most important theatres and concert halls, among which: The Mozarteum Großer Saal (Salzburg); Teatro São Carlos, Fundação Gulbenkian, Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon); Fundación Juan March (Madrid); Teatro Regio (Turin); Palazzo Barberini, Palazzo Farnese, Auditorium Conciliazione (Rome); St. George's Bristol (Bristol).
In addition she has appeared in various festivals: Música em Leiria, Costa do Estoril, Sintra, Madeira, Algarve, Raízes Ibéricas (Portugal); Maggio Musicale di Saluzzo, Duchi d'Acquaviva European Festival, Settimana Mozartiana di Chieti, Estate Musicale Frentana (Italy), among others. In 2000 she was the special guest at the Rachmaninoff Marathon at Settimane Musicali di Stresa e Lago Maggiore (Italy).
In the same year she was the official pianist at the International Competition Maria Callas (produced by RAI – Italian Radio and Television) in which she accompanied over 700 singers, and became assistant to the conductor Claire Gibault at the Musica per Roma society until 2002.
In parallel to her artistic career, she has taught piano in various conservatoires and universities in Europe and South America and has been a member of juries in international competitions.
In 1998 she was granted Portuguese citizenship for merit for her contribution to art.
She has recorded several concerts and recitals for TV and radio. Her discography, as a performer, includes: An Anthology of Five Centuries of Portuguese Music; the Vol. I of Rachmaninoff's Complete Works for Solo Piano (double CD); and Mozart's Sonatas for Violin and Piano with Frédéric Pelassy.
As a composer, she has recorded the albums Joaninha da Ternura, El Abrazo de la Luz, Equinoccio and Lettere D'Amore (soundtrack written in 2010 for Dacia Maraini's theatre performance of the same name). In addition, after four years of musical shows dedicated to children, together with Marta Senn the CD Cajita de Música was released in 2001.
She is currently living in Italy. Her most recent activities include the concert with Stravinsky's Capriccio, directed by Claudio Desderi at the Vittorio Emanuele Theatre of Messina; her last album Col-our-s, with her own compositions; and her promotional tour at the festival Circuito del Mito in Sicily.
