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Svetlana Smolina

Svetlana Smolina
Svetlana Smolina

Pianist Svetlana Smolina was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, and has performed at festivals including Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and those of Salzburg, White Nights, Hollywood Bowl, Mikkeli, Edinburgh, and Settimane Musicali di Stresa. She has played with the St. Petersburg, Odessa, Florida, and Nizhny Novgorod philharmonic orchestras; Toledo, Corpus Christi, and Shreveport symphony orchestras; and the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, and New York Chamber Orchestra. In December 2007 Ms. Smolina made her Carnegie Hall debut performing in Stravinsky’s Les Noces as part of Valery Gergiev’s Perspectives series. Her recording of that work with Mr. Gergiev was released in 2005 by Decca/Philips. Ms. Smolina’s recent performances have included a recital in Berlin with violinist Vadim Repin for Deutsche Grammophon, and a live radio performance on WQXR in New York City. In the 2009– 10 season she appears at the Red Sea Festival in Eilat, Israel, with the Mariinsky Orchestra and Mr. Gergiev; at the Mikkeli Festival; and at the Sakharov Festival in Nizhny Novgorod.

Photo of Svetlana Smolina: Maxim Mogilevsky

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