Анастасия Huppmann

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Anastasia Huppmann (born November 16, 1988 in Tver) is a Russian-Austrian concert pianist. Her repertoire includes compositions from solo works of Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Franz Joseph Haydn, Claude Debussy and Ludwig van Beethoven, and orchestral works of Sergei Prokofiev.

Biography
 

Born in Russia, Huppmann discovered her love for music very early. At the age of five, she started playing the piano. When six years old the school board recognized her musical talent and she began receiving individual lessons for gifted children in piano, composition and music theory. At the age of seven she appeared playing her own compositions live on TV, and later while only eight years old, she won her first piano competition.

She has completed her piano studies with Prof. Vladimir Daich at The Rostov State Rachmaninov Conservatoire in Rostov on Don (Russia) and with Prof. Thomas Kreuzbergerg at the Vienna Conservatory (Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien), both of which she completed with distinction. Then Anastasia continued her education at the Academy of Music (Soloklassen at Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover) in Hannover (Germany). She has participated in the solo classes of Prof. Karl- Heinz Kaemmerling until his sudden death. She also participated in master classes with Professors Paul Badura-Skoda, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Lev Naumov, Boris Petrushansky, Dmitri Bashkirov, Lev Shugom, Krassimira Jordan and others.

Awards

Huppmann has received a number of awards in piano competitions, including

  • 2005: “XXI Century competition” (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • 2009: “Professor Dichler competition” (Vienna, Austria)
  • 2009: “Bluethner special” in the framework of the “Erik a Chary competition” (Austria)
  • 2009: “Osaka international Piano Competition” (Japan)
  • 2011: XI International Concorso Pianistico “Vietri sul Mare – Costa Amalfitana” (Italy)
  • 2011: Premio di esecuzione Pianistica IXth International “Antonio Napolitano” Citta di Salerno (Italy)
  • 2012: 1st Place in the International Piano Competition “14th Grand Prix International, Jeunes Talents” (France).

Numerous solo performances in the Ukraine, Russia, Austria, France, Poland, Spain, Italy, and active collaboration with various national orchestras have led Huppmann to the great concert halls of Europe and Asia.

DiscographyEdit

  • 2014: Travel through three centuries (iMusician Digital)
  • 2016: Chopin / Liszt (Gramola)

Her albums on iTunes and Spotify are available for download. She has also published a collection of videos of her selected works on her dedicated YouTube channel.