Anna Borysivna Fedorova (; born February 27, 1990) is a Ukrainian / Dutch concert pianist. Fedorova performs as soloist, chamber musician and with symphony orchestras in the major concert halls of the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, the UK, Ukraine, Poland, the US, Mexico, Argentina, and parts of Asia. Fedorova is a David Young Piano Prize Holder supported by a Soiree d'Or Award and Keyboard Trust.
Early life Fedorova was born in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR. Both her mother, Tatiana Abayeva, and father, Boris Fedorov, were concert musicians, scholars, and teachers. From the time she was two years old, she had always wanted to become a pianist. She began playing at the age of five. She gave her first public recital when she was six, and she gave her national debut at the age of seven, at the National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine.
Regarding her early childhood, Fedorova has said that, with both parents being professional pianists, there was always "the sound of the piano in the house". Her parents gave her lessons, and she said "they were decisive for my musical development".Raised Between Keyboards. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
Education In 2008, Fedorova graduated from the Lysenko Musical College for gifted children. As a student, she was the recipient of The President of the Ukraine Scholarship during 2003–2008.Anna Fedorova . Retrieved 2017-12-03.
Outside her native Ukraine, Fedorova studied under Leonid Margarius at The International Piano Academy, a school of advanced piano performance specialization located in Imola, Italy.
Fedorova also studied at the Royal College of Music in London under Norma Fisher. She was a recipient of the Big Give full tuition scholarship.
She has also received artistic guidance from world-renowned pianists such as Alfred Brendel, Menahem Pressler, and András Schiff.
Career Fedorova's "international concert career took off while she was only a child".
In 2013, at the age of twenty-three, Anna performed at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She played Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 2. Fedorova has performed there more than thirty times.
Fedorova's manager Rob Groen recounted the first time he heard her play. He "reluctantly" heard her play "as part of a group of piano students performing for him in Kyiv". The first three were "all very good", but, when he heard Anna, he was "in shock" by her "exceptional talent".
Musical critics have praised Fedorova's signature "sweet modesty and wild expression", which rendered listeners "completely taken by surprise, compelled and astonished". Fedorova says about her playing, "You can really paint with music. You see the colorful, inspiring scenes."Artist in residence: Anna Fedorova. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
Music festivals and competitions
Fedorova has appeared at numerous international music festivals and has claimed top prizes in Italy, Greece, Germany, Slovakia, Estonia, and the Czech Republic. The music festivals in which she has appeared are: Annecy Classic Musical Festival in Annecy, France. Aurora Music Festival in Stockholm.Anna Fedorova-Pianist. Retrieved 2017-03-19. Festival of Auvers-sur-Oise in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. The Chopin Festival in Antonin, Poland.Anna Fedorova. Retrieved 2017-03-19. The Corfu Festival of Arts in Corfu, Greece. The first International Chamber Music Festival held in the Edesche Concert Hall in Ede, Netherlands. The festival ran from May 25 to May 28, 2017. Fedorova was one of the performers as well as the artistic director. Previously, she had often performed in Ede, and she was the artist in residence in the 2015–2016 season. As artistic leader, Fedorova will be the central musician of the ICFEde, "a starting intercultural Christian community in the municipality of Ede". The Festival Internacional de Música Clássica de João Pessoa in João Pessoa, Brazil. After her 2014 concerts in Brazil, Fedorova said, "it was special to experience how the people react to my music, I could see in their eyes how curious and excited they were."Raised Between Keyboards. Retrieved 2017-03-19. The Frederick Chopin Competition in Narva, Estonia, in 2004, at which Fedorova won first prize. The Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland. The Institute of Frederick Chopin at the Fourth Moscow International Frederick Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Moscow. Fedorova won the Second Prize and a Special Prize in 2004. The International Keyboard Institute & Festival (IKIF) in New York City. In 2006, 2007 and 2008, Fedorova won the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Scholarship Award.IKIF Artist Recognition Scholarship Awards. Retrieved 2017-02-03. The International Piano Festival in Trieste, Italy.Anna Fedorova. Retrieved 2017-02-03. The International Rubinstein 'In Memoriam' piano competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in 2009 at which Fedorova won First Prize.Anna Fedorova . Retrieved 2017-03-15. The Lyon Piano Competition in Lyon, France, in 2012 at which Fedorova won a third prize and the Audience Award.Newsletter, December 2013. Retrieved 2017-03-15. The Musikdorf Ernen in Ernen, Switzerland. The Orpheum Music Festival in Zurich. The Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois. The Rubinstein Piano Festival in Lodz, Poland. Fedorova took First Prize in 2009. In 2011, Fedorova played F. Chopin's Two Nocturnes Op. 27; Valse in A Flat Major, Op. 42 with the Orchestra Polish Camerata, conducted by Marek Glowacki. The Tbilisi International Young Pianists competition in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 2005 where she won First Prize and a Special Prize as Best Pianist in the Competition.Anna Fedorova's Biography . Retrieved 2017-02-03. and New Generation Piano Recital . Retrieved 2017-03-19. The Verbier Festival Academy in Verbier, Switzerland, at which Fedorova became a recipient of the Verbier Festival Academy Award.Anna Fedorova's Biography . Fedorova is one of the Academy's Musicians for 2017.Piano Musicians 2017 . Retrieved 2017-03-19. Violon sur le sable Festival.
Orchestras with which Fedorova has performed Fedorova has performed with orchestras around the world, including: The Philharmonia Orchestra in London, UK The Utah Symphony Utah, USA The BBC Symphony London, UK The Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Dallas, Texas, USA. The Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra. Performed Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 with the orchestra conducted by Dionysis Grammenos. The Verbier Festival Orchestra Verbier, Switzerland The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jaap van Zweden in Hong Kong. On April 15–16, 2016, Fedorova played Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no. 2 with the orchestra conducted by Jun Märkl. On September 27–28, 2024, Fedorova play Grieg's Piano Concerto with the orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko.Press Releases. Retrieved 2017-01-05. The Kyoto Symphony Orchestra in Kyoto, Japan. The Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra in Krakow, Poland. The Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Residentie Orkest and the Camerata in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Residentie Orchestra in the Hague, the Netherlands. The Tokyo New City Orchestra in Japan. The Philharmonia of the Nations in Germany. The Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico in Mexico. The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in the Netherlands. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in the Bournemouth Pavilion in Bournemouth, England. After Fedorova's 2016 concert, Jade Grassby, the multimedia reporter for the Bournemouth Echo wrote that the limelight moved "temporarily away from the orchestra and onto" Fedorova, as she played Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto Number 2. She "delivered a beautiful performance, combining delicacy and passion in every phrase". The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in Herford, Germany. The Sofia Philharmonic in Bulgaria. The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne in the Netherlands. The Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM OFUNAM in Mexico City, Mexico. Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra (Orquestra Filarmonica de Buenos Aires) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico in Mexico. The Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra in a 2016 concert at Albert Hall in London. About the concert, William Ruff, music critic for the Nottingham Post wrote "Soloist Anna Fedorova relished the work's sophistication and opportunities for bravura display. The opening movement exploded in a fireburst of energy and its castanet-accompanied march was handled with wittily pointed humour. Her characterisation of each of the slow movement's variations was sharply perceptive—and her high-octane handling of the finale was another display of pianistic fireworks." William Ruff, Nottingham Post (October 16, 2016) about Anna Fedorova's performance with the Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra's concert at Albert Hall. The Polish Camerata in Lodz, Poland. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. The Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. The Xalapa Symphony Orchestra in Mexico. The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at Symphony Hall in Boston and on a two and a half week tour across eight cities in Brazil. The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra from its inauguration in 2022.
Concert halls
Fedorova has given concerts in concert halls across Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. These include:Anna Fedorova's Biography . Retrieved 2017-02-03. Carnegie Hall in New York City. Royal Albert Hall in the PROMS, London, UK Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany Isarphilharmonie in Munich, Germany Symphony Hall in Boston. Konzerthaus in Berlin, Germany Cadogan Hall in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. In September 2013, in the Concertgebouw, Fedorova performed Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto to open the season of Sunday Morning Concerts. The recording of this concert has received over forty million views on YouTube. Fedorova performed in the Concertgebouw in December 2010 to a full house of 1,974 seats in the Grote Zaal (Main Hall). After her concert, Christo Lelie, a Dutch writer and musician, wrote a review in the Trouw. The story was headlined "Anna Fedorova Deserves a Full House at the Concertgebouw." He explained that at nineteen years of age, Fedorova was "one of the major piano talents of today". Her playing was characterized as "a solid technique, a tone that is powerful but not harsh, impeccable rhythm, and an adept feel for a composition's form". Fedorova's deeply personal performance "touched the hearts of her audience". In November 2015, Fedorova returned to the Royal Concertgebouw to perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 3. This performance was again streamed live on TV, internet and radio. The Cultural Centre of Belém in Lisbon, Portugal. The Edesche Concert Hall in Ede, Netherlands. On February 18, 2017, Fedorova and members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performed Chopin's Second Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, op. 21.Fedorova 2017-02-18 Concert. Retrieved 2017-12-03. Fuller Lodge Art Center in Los Alamos, New Mexico. On June 28, 2009, Anna Fedorova gave a masterpianist recital at the Fuller Lodge Art Center in Los Alamos, New Mexico.Anna at Fuller Lodge . March 19, 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-03. On July 11, 2009, her father Boris Fedorov performed in the same venue. As part of the program, his daughter joined him on stage for a piece requiring three pianists, one of whom was Anna. It was the first time that the father and daughter had been on stage together for a major performance.Boris at Fuller Lodge . Retrieved 2017-12-03. The Kraków Philharmonic Concert Hall in Kraków, Poland. The La Sala Verdi di Milano in Milan, Italy. The Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Germany. The Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, France, where in March 2017 Fedorova gave a Chopin recital.Anna Fedorova Recital . Retrieved 2017-02-03 and Anna Fedorova. Retrieved 2017-12-03. The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas.