BORN IN MOSCOW IN 2000, ALENA OSMINKINA ESTABLISHES TODAY AS ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING YOUNG PIANISTS OF HER GENERATION. SHE STARTED STUDYING THE PIANO AT THE AGE OF SIX AND VERY EARLY DEVELOPED A PARTICULAR AFFINITY FOR THE RUSSIAN ROMANTIC REPERTOIRE. SHE CONTINUED HER TRAINING AT THE PRESTIGIOUS RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC GNESSIN IN MOSCOW, WHERE SHE OBTAINED HER BACHELOR, BEFORE CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING A MASTERS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PROFESSOR MIKHAIL TRUSHECHKIN.
ALENA OSMINKINA’S CAREER HAS BEEN MARKED WITH MANY AWARDS, REFLECTING HER VIRTUOSITY AS MUCH AS HER ARTISTIC MATURITY. AMONG THE MOST RECENT AND SIGNIFICANT: THE PIANO CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2025 (FRANCE, PONTOISE) IN WHICH SHE WAS AWARDED WITH A 2ND PRIZE AND 4 SPECIAL PRIZES:
• L’ENVOL “DEMAIN VIRTUOSES” PRIZE
• LES ETOILES DU CLASSIQUE PRIZE
• AWARD FOR BEST INTERPRETATION OF CONTEMPORARY CREATION (CONCERTO-MINUTE BY RÉGIS CAMPO)
• INTERNET AWARD (PUBLIC VOTE)
SHE ALSO HOLDS OTHER NOTABLE DISTINCTIONS SUCH AS:
• SCRIABINE SPECIAL PRIZE, RUSSIAN PIANO MUSIC INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (ITALY, SANREMO – 2024)
• 2nd PRIZE, INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION DEDICATED TO THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF RACHMANINOV (RUSSIA, SAINT PETERSBURG – 2023)
• 3rd PRIZE, SECOND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS NAMED AFTER RACHMANINOV (MOSCOW – 2020)
• 2nd PRIZE, FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS NAMED AFTER RACHMANINOV (MOSCOW – 2018)
• WINNER, 5th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PIANISTS H. NEUHAUS (MOSCOW – 2018)
• 3rd PRIZE, ALFRED SCHNITTKE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (MOSCOW – 2017)
• 2nd PRIZE, MUSICAL FIREWORKS IN BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG (GERMANY – 2015).
SHE WAS ALSO SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN COMPETITIONS OF AN INTERNATIONAL SCOPE SUCH AS THE TAKAMATSU INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION AND THE CHINA SHENZHEN PIANO CONCERTO COMPETITION.
THANKS TO AN ALREADY VERY RICH CONCERT ACTIVITY, ALENA OSMINKINA HAS PERFORMED IN MANY COUNTRIES: RUSSIA, SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, SPAIN, JAPAN, CHINA, TURKEY, KAZAKHSTAN. SHE PLAYED AS A SOIST WITH SEVERAL ENSEMBLES, INCLUDING THE ORCHESTRA OF THE REGIONAL CONSERVATORY OF CERGY-PONTOISE (DIRECTION: HAÏK DAVTIAN), THE ORCHESTRA OF THE ALFRED SCHNITTKE STATE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC (DIRECTION: IGOR GROMOV) AND THE ORCHESTRA OF THE GNESSINE COLLEGE OF MUSIC (DIRECTION: VICTOR LUTSENKO).
HER REPERTOIRE HIGHLIGHTS: THE GREAT RUSSIAN COMPOSERS (RACHMANINOV, SCRIABINE, PROKOFIEV), THE EUROPEAN ROMANTIC REPERTOIRE, CONTEMPORARY WORKS, WHICH SHE REGULARLY DEFENDS IN COMPETITIONS.
SHE IS PARTICULARLY NOTED FOR THE ENERGY OF HER INTERPRETATIONS, AN AMPLE SOUND AND A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE RUSSIAN STYLE.
ALENA BENEFITTED FROM THE TEACHING OF GREAT MASTERS DURING MASTERCLASSES: ALEXANDER KORSANTIA, MING QIANG LI, DANIEL BURSTEIN, MIGUEL SALAZAR, ANDREY DIEV. THESE ENCOUNTERS HAVE NOURISHED HIM AN ARTISTIC MATURITY WHICH TRANSPARENT IN EACH OF HIS PERFORMANCES. SHE IS DISTINGUISHED BY A SOLID TECHNIQUE, INHERITED FROM THE RUSSIAN SCHOOL OF PIANO, AN EXPRESSIVE INTERPRETATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE ROMANTIC REPERTOIRE. SHE ALSO HAS A STRONG COMMITMENT TO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, AS TESTIFYED BY HER DISTINCTIONS AT THE PIANO CAMPUS 2025 AND BY HER SINCERE STAGE PRESENCE, COMBINING POWER AND SENSITIVITY.
AT ONLY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD, SHE CONTINUES AN ASCENDING TRACE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE, WHERE HER TALENT CONTINUES TO ATTRACTIVE JURIES, ORCHESTRATES AND AUDIENCE.
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BORN IN MOSCOW IN 2000, ALENA OSMINKINA ESTABLISHES TODAY AS ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING YOUNG PIANISTS OF HER GENERATION. SHE STARTED STUDYING THE PIANO AT THE AGE OF SIX AND VERY EARLY DEVELOPED A PARTICULAR AFFINITY FOR THE RUSSIAN ROMANTIC REPERTOIRE. SHE CONTINUED HER TRAINING AT THE PRESTIGIOUS RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC GNESSIN IN MOSCOW, WHERE SHE OBTAINED HER BACHELOR, BEFORE CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING A MASTERS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PROFESSOR MIKHAIL TRUSHECHKIN.
ALENA OSMINKINA’S CAREER HAS BEEN MARKED WITH MANY AWARDS, REFLECTING HER VIRTUOSITY AS MUCH AS HER ARTISTIC MATURITY. AMONG THE MOST RECENT AND SIGNIFICANT: THE PIANO CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2025 (FRANCE, PONTOISE) IN WHICH SHE WAS AWARDED WITH A 2ND PRIZE AND 4 SPECIAL PRIZES:
• L’ENVOL “DEMAIN VIRTUOSES” PRIZE
• LES ETOILES DU CLASSIQUE PRIZE
• AWARD FOR BEST INTERPRETATION OF CONTEMPORARY CREATION (CONCERTO-MINUTE BY RÉGIS CAMPO)
• INTERNET AWARD (PUBLIC VOTE)
SHE ALSO HOLDS OTHER NOTABLE DISTINCTIONS SUCH AS:
• SCRIABINE SPECIAL PRIZE, RUSSIAN PIANO MUSIC INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (ITALY, SANREMO – 2024)
• 2nd PRIZE, INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION DEDICATED TO THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF RACHMANINOV (RUSSIA, SAINT PETERSBURG – 2023)
• 3rd PRIZE, SECOND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS NAMED AFTER RACHMANINOV (MOSCOW – 2020)
• 2nd PRIZE, FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS NAMED AFTER RACHMANINOV (MOSCOW – 2018)
• WINNER, 5th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PIANISTS H. NEUHAUS (MOSCOW – 2018)
• 3rd PRIZE, ALFRED SCHNITTKE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (MOSCOW – 2017)
• 2nd PRIZE, MUSICAL FIREWORKS IN BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG (GERMANY – 2015).
SHE WAS ALSO SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN COMPETITIONS OF AN INTERNATIONAL SCOPE SUCH AS THE TAKAMATSU INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION AND THE CHINA SHENZHEN PIANO CONCERTO COMPETITION.
THANKS TO AN ALREADY VERY RICH CONCERT ACTIVITY, ALENA OSMINKINA HAS PERFORMED IN MANY COUNTRIES: RUSSIA, SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, SPAIN, JAPAN, CHINA, TURKEY, KAZAKHSTAN. SHE PLAYED AS A SOIST WITH SEVERAL ENSEMBLES, INCLUDING THE ORCHESTRA OF THE REGIONAL CONSERVATORY OF CERGY-PONTOISE (DIRECTION: HAÏK DAVTIAN), THE ORCHESTRA OF THE ALFRED SCHNITTKE STATE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC (DIRECTION: IGOR GROMOV) AND THE ORCHESTRA OF THE GNESSINE COLLEGE OF MUSIC (DIRECTION: VICTOR LUTSENKO).
HER REPERTOIRE HIGHLIGHTS: THE GREAT RUSSIAN COMPOSERS (RACHMANINOV, SCRIABINE, PROKOFIEV), THE EUROPEAN ROMANTIC REPERTOIRE, CONTEMPORARY WORKS, WHICH SHE REGULARLY DEFENDS IN COMPETITIONS.
SHE IS PARTICULARLY NOTED FOR THE ENERGY OF HER INTERPRETATIONS, AN AMPLE SOUND AND A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE RUSSIAN STYLE.
ALENA BENEFITTED FROM THE TEACHING OF GREAT MASTERS DURING MASTERCLASSES: ALEXANDER KORSANTIA, MING QIANG LI, DANIEL BURSTEIN, MIGUEL SALAZAR, ANDREY DIEV. THESE ENCOUNTERS HAVE NOURISHED HIM AN ARTISTIC MATURITY WHICH TRANSPARENT IN EACH OF HIS PERFORMANCES. SHE IS DISTINGUISHED BY A SOLID TECHNIQUE, INHERITED FROM THE RUSSIAN SCHOOL OF PIANO, AN EXPRESSIVE INTERPRETATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE ROMANTIC REPERTOIRE. SHE ALSO HAS A STRONG COMMITMENT TO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, AS TESTIFYED BY HER DISTINCTIONS AT THE PIANO CAMPUS 2025 AND BY HER SINCERE STAGE PRESENCE, COMBINING POWER AND SENSITIVITY.
AT ONLY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD, SHE CONTINUES AN ASCENDING TRACE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE, WHERE HER TALENT CONTINUES TO ATTRACTIVE JURIES, ORCHESTRATES AND AUDIENCE.
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