The recital was brilliant. My husband and I both enjoyed it very much. Our favorite pieces were from Ukrainian composer Zaderatsky. Among other pieces, Anastasia played this collection of little pieces:
I was only able to find this one link, but perhaps she will post a link to last night's performance at Mason & Hamlin. If she does, I'll share it.
Biography from her website (https://anastasiapianist.com/about-me):
Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Anastasia Seifetdinova gave her first solo recital at the age of eleven. Ms. Seifetdinova is a graduate of the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg, Germany (class of Prof. Matthies), and holds Master’s and Doctorate degrees from The Hartt School at the University of Hartford (class of Prof.Yablonskaya).
In 2003 Anastasia received First Prize and a Special Prize in the 14th International Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Rome. In year 2006 Ms. Seifetdinova won the Puigcerda International Piano Competition in Spain. In the same year she recorded the complete works for piano and orchestra by Balakirev with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra for NAXOS records. Two of her commercial piano solo CDs were released with Centaur Records, and most recently a digital album of Ukrainian Piano Music became available on iTunes, Spotify etc..
Anastasia’s engagements include a performance at the Bolshoi Hall of Moscow Conservatory, three solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, the Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago which are broadcast live on WFMT Radio, as well as performances in Europe, USA, Japan, and Mexico.
Dr. Seifetdinova served as an Adjunct Faculty in Piano and Chamber Music at the Hartt School and as a freelance pianist at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Currently, Anastasia teaches at the M.Steinert Piano Academy in Newton and is active as a performer as well as faculty at the O.Yablonskaya Piano Institutes in Eilat, Israel and Kovachevitsa, Bulgaria.
