Antonina Suhanova - Piano

Programme to include:

Mozart             Rondo in D major, K.485
Brahms            Six Pieces Op.118
Ades                Darkness Visible
Prokofiev         Piano Sonata No.6 in A major, Op.82

Antonina Suhanova was born in Riga, Latvia in 1991 and started playing piano at the age of five. In 2012 she was awarded a scholarship to the Guildhall School to study with Professor Ronan O’Hora. She has won numerous competitions in Estonia, Slovakia, Italy, Spain and France. She has appeared as a soloist with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra “Sinfonia Concertante” and Latvian National Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons.

In 2011 she represented Latvia in the 3rd International Festival “Rising Stars in Kremlin”, giving a debut performance with the world famous Chamber Orchestra “Moscow Virtuosi” under the leadership of Vladimir Spivakov. Since 2011 she specialises in violin and piano duo repertoire. She has participated in masterclasses with  Vladimir Ashkenazy and Dmitri Bashkirov.