Zoya Shuhatovich: An Evening of Romantic Music

Hosted at Steinway Hall on Thursday 31st October 2024 at 6:30 pm

International concert pianist and Steinway Artist, Zoya Shuhatovich is coming to Steinway Hall London to present a beautiful program of Romantic Music including works from Schubert and Chopin.

To reserve tickets please be in touch with zoyapiano@gmail.com

BIO: 

Zoya Shuhatovich is an international concert pianist and Steinway Artist. She received her M.M. and DMA from the Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod) State Conservatory in Russia, studying under the highly regarded professor Ilja Fridman, a student of the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus. In 1993, she immigrated to Houston, Texas, where she currently resides.

From 1994 to 2002, Zoya worked at the Moore’s School of Music, University of Houston. She performs extensively across Europe, including the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Poland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, and Estonia. Her notable appearances include:

– London: St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Royal Over-Seas League, Princess Alexandra Hall, Steinway Hall
– Madrid: Steinway Gallery, Kawai Music Center, Clemente Musica
– Rome: Sala Baldini, Concerti del Tempietto, Festival Musicale delle Nazioni, Teatro di Marcello
– Vienna: Palais Khevenhuller, Gesellschaft für Musiktheatre, Steinway Hall
– Germany: Concerts in Berlin, Stuttgart, Essen, Dusseldorf, Magdeburg, Rostock, Schwerin
– Tallinn: Great Hall “Estonia”

In the U.S., Zoya performs frequently with symphony and chamber orchestras and appears in many concert series with solo recitals. Her performances in New York include the Chopin Foundation of the U.S., Chopin Festival, the General Consulate of Poland, the Kosciuszko Foundation, the Museum of the City of New York, Klavierhaus, Steinway Hall, and St. John in the Village.

Zoya also performs regularly in Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, Minneapolis, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Houston, and Los Angeles. She has participated in major festivals such as the Texas Music Festival, Bravo Festival, Ramapo College Festival, Chopin Festival NYC, Shostakovich Festival, Neuhaus-Marantz Festival (Germany), Round Top Festival, and the Chopin Piano Festival in Prishtina, Kosovo.

A regular guest on KUHF and KUHA (NPR) Public Radio Stations, Zoya has performed for President Bill Clinton, members of the Spanish Royal Family, the Prime Minister of Kosovo Mr. Albin Kurti, and many other dignitaries. She has collaborated with renowned artists such as Laszlo Varga, Emmanuel Borok, Boris Garlitsky, the St. Petersburg String Quartet, and Igor Gruppman. Zoya has made several CD recordings.

2022 Highlights:
One of the highlights of the 2022 season was her debut solo recital in Vienna for Gesellschaft für Musiktheatre, which received rave reviews from Vienna International Pianists. She has been invited back for another solo recital next season.

Critical Acclaim:

– Vienna International Pianists, June 4, 2023:
“Viennese audiences had the opportunity to listen to a very remarkable concert tonight: the Vienna debut of the internationally acclaimed pianist Zoya Shuhatovich! From the first tone, everyone knew it was going to be a unique event. Ms. Shuhatovich is a truly magnificent artist. She masterfully controls the keyboard, producing magical sound effects! The melody always has a singing quality, the harmony is perfectly balanced, and the sound is always ‘agreeable to the ears,’ as Mozart would put it.”

– Quinte Parallele Magazine, Rome, October 1, 2019:
“Ragione e sentimento, il pianoforte di Zoya Shuhatovich. Her touch is strong and decisive, with no hesitation, and the performance of these thirty minutes of music is truly spectacular. The audience had no choice but to applaud the pianist, who graciously performed three encores.”

– Urban Healing, London, May 2017:
“Zoya’s musical sensitivity, her purity of style, and integrity as she interpreted each composition moved the audience, allowing them to connect with what Chopin intended to express.”

– New York Concert Review, Spring 2010:
“Ms. Shuhatovich showed herself to be a commanding force at the keyboard. Beautifully shaped singing phrases and drama galore characterized this pianist… There was much to admire in every work she played.”

– Ostsee Zeitung, Germany, May 2015:
“She has temperament, warmth, command of the instrument, and a big, singing sound… She is a first-rate musician, dazzling audiences with her musical skills and charm.”

– Greater New York Council of the Chopin Foundation, Polonaise Magazine, October 2012:
“A powerful performance by Zoya Shuhatovich… a great pianist from Russia.”

For more information: www.zoyapiano.net