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Concert Pianist

Assistant Professor of Music, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

(Cal Poly Pomona University)

Adjunct Professor of Music, Claremont Graduate University

Former Visiting Faculty, Pomona College

DMA 2004, University of Southern California
MM 1999, University of Southern California
BA 1997, Longy School of Music

email: nadia@ullanta.com



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"a brilliant pianist... spellbinding in sensitivity and mastery of technique" - Imperial  Valley  Press


"incredible performance full of emotions... virtuoso playing at its best" - Pasadena Star News

Nadia Shpachenko CDs
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Recent and Upcoming Performances

 

Piano Duet Recital with Jerome Lowenthal at the Cal Poly Pomona University (“Shpachenko and Friends” Chamber Music Festival), April 30, 2012, 8 pm
Piano Duet Recital with Jerome Lowenthal at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Sundays Live Recital Series, April 29, 6 pm
Chamber Recital with Peter Yates (guitar and arpeggione) at the Cal Poly Pomona University, April 18, 2012, 8 pm
Solo Recital at the Longy School of Music in Boston, February 16, 2012, 8 pm
Guest Artist Master Class at Boston Conservatory, February 15, 2012, 4 pm
Solo Recital at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, February 12, 2012, 4 pm
Guest Artist Master Class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, February 11, 2012, 3 pm
Solo and Chamber Recital with violinist Martin Chalifour at the Cal Poly Pomona University (“Shpachenko and Friends” Chamber Music Festival), February 8, 2012, 8 pm
Solo and Chamber Recital at the Claremont Graduate University, January 31, 4 pm
Guest Artist Master Class at Pomona College, November 19, 2011, 4 pm
"Hammers and Sticks" at Cal Poly Pomona University (“Shpachenko and Friends” Chamber Music Festival) with Genevieve Lee, piano, Nick Terry and Justin DeHart, percussion. Program to include George Crumb's Makrokosmos III - Music for a Summer Evening & Otherworldly Resonances for Two Pianos and Percussion, November 16, 2011, 8 pm
Chamber Recital with violinist Guido Lamell for the Foothill Philharmonic Committee, November 7, 2011
"Hammers and Sticks" at Pomona College with Genevieve Lee, piano, Nick Terry and Justin DeHart, percussion. Crumb program as above, November 6, 2011, 3 pm
“Music for Piano(s) & Percussion(s)” at Chapman University with Genevieve Lee, piano, Nick Terry and Justin DeHart, percussion. Crumb program as above, October 29, 2011, 7:30 pm
Munay Trio Chamber Recital at Cal Poly Pomona University (“Shpachenko and Friends” Chamber Music Festival), May 4, 2011, 8 pm
Munay Trio Chamber Recital at the East Los Angeles College, May 2, 2011, 12 pm
Solo Recital at the University of Colorado, Boulder, March 28, 2011, 7:30 pm
Guest Artist Master Class at the University of Colorado, Boulder, March 28, 2011, 1 pm
Solo Recital at the Claremont Graduate University, March 22, 2011, 4 pm
Solo Performance (on toy piano) at the Phillip Clarke Memorial Piano Scholarship Fund Raiser at at Cal Poly Pomona, February 23, 2011, 8 pm
Chamber (piano four-hands) Recital with pianist Victor Rosenbaum at the Cal Poly Pomona University (“Shpachenko and Friends” Chamber Music Festival), May 17, 2010, 8 pm
Solo Piano Recital at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, March 30, 2010, 7:30 pm
Chamber Recital (on harpsichord) with Peter Yates (guitar and arpeggione), Penelope Yates (voice), Cynthia Fogg (viola), Tom Flaherty (cello), Janine Riveire (contrabass), and David Kopplin (percussion) at the Cal Poly Pomona University, March 5, 2010, 8 pm
Munay Trio Chamber Recital at the Cal Poly Pomona University (“Shpachenko and Friends” Chamber Music Festival), February 17, 2010, 8 pm
Performance and discussion of S. Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 7 at Provost’s Symposium on Faculty Scholarship at Cal Poly Pomona, December 11, 2010
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Selected Awards Gold Medal at the California International Young Artists' Competition
Bronze Medal at the Wideman International Piano Competition
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Music Samples Listen to Nadia's interview and performance on Boston's WGBH radio
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