Concert PianistAssistant Professor of Music, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona(Cal Poly Pomona University)Former Visiting Faculty, Pomona College DMA 2004, University of Southern California
email: nadia@ullanta.com
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"a brilliant pianist... spellbinding in sensitivity and mastery of technique" - Imperial  Valley  Press
"incredible performance full of emotions... virtuoso playing at its best" - Pasadena Star News
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Nadia Shpachenko CDs available for on-line purchase from Ullanta MusicWorks |
| Recent and Upcoming Performances | Chamber music performances at the Sarasota International Music Festival, June 1-22, 2008 Solo, chamber, concerto performances and master classes in Kiev, Ukraine, April, 2008 "Starlings Live" Cello and Piano Duo Recital with Marek Szpakiewicz at the Azusa Pacific University, March 14, 2008 Solo Recital "Composers Inspiring Composers" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 2, 2008 Solo Recital "Composers Inspiring Composers" at the Cal Poly Pomona University, February 27, 2008 Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra, January 27 and 29, 2008 Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto with the Imperial Valley Symphony Orchestra, October 20, 2007 "Starlings Live" Cello and Piano Duo Recital with Marek Szpakiewicz at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 5, 2007 Chamber music performances at the Sarasota International Music Festival, June 3-24, 2007 Lecture-Recital: "And what is good, Phaedrus, and what is not good-- need we ask anyone to tell us these things?" American Composers in the Paperless Era at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, April 6, 2007 Lecture-Recital: "And what is good, Phaedrus, and what is not good-- need we ask anyone to tell us these things?" Xenakis's Palimpsest and other pieces with the Nimbus Ensemble at the Herbert Zipper Concert Hall, March 29, 2007 World Premiere of Michael Garson's Sonata 13 and other solo and duo performances at the Cal Poly Pomona University, February 15, 2007 "Starlings Live" Cello and Piano Duo Recital with Marek Szpakiewicz at the Bellflower Civic Auditorium, February 4, 2007 "Starlings Live" Cello and Piano Duo Recital with Marek Szpakiewicz at the Cal Poly Pomona University, January 31, 2007 World Premiere: Yury Ishchenko's Concerto No. 2 at the 17th International Festival "Kiev Music Fest 2006," October 6, 2006 "Starlings Live" Cello and Piano Duo Recital with Marek Szpakiewicz at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 6, 2006 Lecture-Recital: Unorthodox Use of Piano by 20th Century American Composers at the California Institute of the Arts, April 24, 2006 Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto and Ravel's Concerto in G Major with the Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra (Ukraine), October 22, 2005 Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto with Orquesta de Baja California (Mexico), May 26, 27, and 28, 2005 |
| Selected Awards | Gold Medal at the California International Young Artists' Competition Bronze Medal at the Wideman International Piano Competition more... |
| Music Samples |
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