Margarita Rovenskaya

Name:	Margarita Rovenskaya
Location:	New York United States 10027
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Pianist Margarita Rovenskaya has performed extensively in the US and abroad, with recitals in Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, Zimmerli Museum, Ukrainian Museum, Teatro Machiavelli in Sicily, and Salmagundi Art Gallery, among others. Prizewinner of the WPTA Finland International Competition, Constantine the Great International Competition, Mary Smart International Concerto Competition, and American Fine Arts Festival, Margarita has also performed and studied internationally at festivals such as the Sicily International Piano Competition, Tel Hai Piano Masterclasses, Summit Music Festival, PianoSummer at New Paltz, Beethoven Institute at Mannes, and Round Top Festival Institute, where she was the orchestral pianist of the US premier of Frank Ticheli’s Clarinet Concerto. In 2010, Margarita also premiered Christopher Dietz’s Sonoromoro for chamber orchestra, piano and percussion. In the summer of 2014, she ran the international Summit Music Festival as General Manager, where she also performed both solo and chamber music. Margarita performs in several chamber concert series as well as the annual Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival.

Margarita especially enjoys chamber music. In summer of 2013, she performed five chamber works in six weeks as part of the Manchester Music Festival chamber series, performing the quintets, quartets, and trios of Franck, Schumann, Chausson, Beethoven, and Mozart. In the summer of 2015, Margarita was Piano Fellow at the Heifetz Institute, where she coached and performed chamber music. Margarita has performed several trios in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie hall as a winner of the Chamber Music Prize at the American Festival of Fine Arts.

Born in Ukraine, Margarita Rovenskaya began studying the piano at the age of six in Chicago. She is a graduate of MSM Pre-College, studying with Efrem Briskin, and earned her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Oberlin Conservatory in May 2012, studying with Peter Takacs. She earned her Masters in Piano Studies with Eteri Andjaparidze at New York University in May 2014, where she also served as Adjunct Piano Faculty. She is currently earning her Doctorate of Musical Arts at Rutgers University, studying with Vladimir Valjarevic. She is based in New York, where she performs and enjoys teaching as piano faculty at several studios and schools.

Additional Specialisms:

Orchestral Playing, Session Work, Solo Performance, Early Music, Contemporary Music