Piano with Victoria S.

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Victoria Schwartzman performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician. Victoria has appeared at the Music Mountain Festival, in the New York Philharmonic Ensembles series at Merkin Hall, at Summit Music Festival with Dmitri Berlinsky, at Bargemusic, in the Gessner- Schocken concert series in Cambridge, WMP Concert Hall, and the Nicolas Roerich Museum concert series in New York City. After graduating from Jerusalem Conservatory, Victoria continued her education at the Longy School of Music and New England Conservatory. While pursuing various degrees in solo and chamber music performance, she was selected to perform in masterclasses given by Dmitri Bashkirov, Menahem Pressler, and Richard Goode, among others. Her principal teachers include Irina Kivaiko, Issak Kossov, Victor Rosenbaum, Sally Pinkas, Eda Shlyam, and Eteri Andjaparidze. As a soloist with orchestra, Victoria has performed with the Jerusalem Chamber Orchestra, the Longy School of Music Chamber Orchestra, the Riverside Orchestra, and the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra. She has performed at the Quartet Program in Pennsylvania and participated in the Tel-Hai International Piano Festival in Israel and the Lyrica Chamber Music Festival in New Jersey. She is on the coaching faculty in the Vocal Department at Montclair State University and Long Island University Post as well as on the piano faculty at the Bard College Conservatory Preparatory division. Victoria is also the co-founder of the Newburgh Music Festival, a week-long immersive classical music program devoted to both solo performance and chamber music, located on the shore of the Hudson River, in Newburgh, NY. Undergraduate diploma and Master’s degree - Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA Graduate Performance diploma - New England Conservatory Extensive performing and teaching experience. Fluent in English, Russian, or Hebrew. Beginners will develop: - Basic pianistic and musical skills - Sense of discipline - Imagination - Sight reading Intermediate-level students will work in addition on: - Participation in recitals, workshops, and competitions - Preparation of ensemble skills Parents and adult students are welcome to develop existing skills or to learn new ones.