Ksenia Kurenysheva, Piano
Pianist Ksenia Kurenysheva was born in Moscow. She graduated from the College at Moscow Conservatory and from the Gnesin State Music Academy. After graduating, she relocated to the United States, completing graduate degrees in Piano Performance at Columbus State University's Schwob School of Music, where she studied with Professor Alexander Kobrin. In 2016, she enrolled at the University of Georgia, continuing to study Piano Performance at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music in the studio of Professor Evgeny Rivkin. An avid chamber music performer, she has given recitals with artists from Spain, Poland, Serbia, Venezuela, Brazil, Russia, and the United States. Her repertoire includes a wide variety of styles and embraces music from Baroque to the modern era. Ksenia has earned several honors and awards for her playing, including the Vincenzo Scaramuzzi International Music Competition (Italy), Benditsky Regional Music Competition (Russia), and the Russian Open Music Competition of Young Performing Musicians (Russia). She was also a 2001 grant holder of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and participated in the International Keyboard Institute and Festival (New York 2009, 2010, 2011). Ksenia was an alternate in the Georgia MTNA Competition in 2012, winner of the concerto competition at the Schwob School in 2013, and received outstanding performance recognition in the Atlanta Music Teachers Association Romantic Music Competition in 2014. Most recently, Ksenia became a Concerto Competition winner at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at UGA and received a Chopin Society of Atlanta scholarship. In 2019, Ksenia received a scholarship from the Atlanta Music Club and the University of Georgia Outstanding Teaching Assistant award. In addition to performing, Ksenia is also an experienced educator, having taught both one-on-one lessons and group piano courses at Columbus State and the University of Georgia. Ksenia occupied the position of Keyboard studies lecturer at Columbus State Schwob School of Music with teaching duties in piano and collaborative performance from the Fall of 2019 until the Spring of 2024.
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