Concert Pianist

Assistant Professor of Music, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

(Cal Poly Pomona University)

Former Visiting Faculty, Pomona College

DMA 2004, University of Southern California
MM 1999, University of Southern California
BA 1997, Longy School of Music

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

Nadia Shpachenko CDs
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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?"
American Composers in the Paperless Era
at the Cal Poly Pomona University, April 4, 2007

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
Ravel's Concerto in G Major with the San Bernardino Symphony, May 21, 2005
West Coast Premiere: Elliott Carter's Dialogues for Piano and Chamber Orchestra with the Nimbus Ensemble (Los Angeles), April 10, 2005
Lecture-Recital: Music and Modigliani at the Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.), February 27, 2005
Solo Recital at Pomona College, February 11, 2005
Solo Recital at the Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, November 21, 2004
Lecture-Recital: Unorthodox Use of Piano by 20th Century American Composers at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, November 1, 2004
Chamber Recital at the Ukrainian Institute of America (New York), October 16, 2004
Lecture-Recital: Unorthodox Use of Piano by 20th Century American Composers at Steinway Hall (August 2004)
Solo Recital at Carnegie Hall (November 2003)
Solo Recital Live on WGBH Boston (November 2003) Listen to it now!
Solo Recital at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. (October 2003)
Solo Recital at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Broadcast on KMZT-FM (June 2003)
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Selected Awards Gold Medal at the California International Young Artists' Competition
Bronze Medal at the Wideman International Piano Competition
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Music Samples Listen to Nadia's interview and performance on Boston's WGBH radio
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