Ekaterina

Ekaterina Bessmeltseva is a concert pianist whose performances span Russia, Norway, Brazil, Panama, Greece, London and United States of America. Dr. Bessmeltseva has appeared as a soloist and a chamber player at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (New York, 2013 and 2014), Elebash Concert Hall (New York, 2009), Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall (Las Vegas, 2016). Dr. Bessmeltseva strives constantly to expand her artistic boundaries by performing unusual and non-standard repertoire. She has an affinity for the music of women composers such as Mel Bonis, Amy Beach, Amanda Maier, Louise Forrenck, Nadia Boulanger, Clara Schumann augmenting her repertoire beyond that of the standard literature. Dr. Bessmeltseva has appeared as a soloist with Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra (2016 ) and the Neue World Orchestra (2018). Furthermore, Ekaterina is also active performer of contemporary classical music. She collaborated with composer David del Tredici (City University of New York) performing his solo piano work Aeolian Ballade, as well as with composer Prof. Beth Mehocic (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) performing her Piano concerto. Dr. Bessmeltseva began her piano studies at the age of six and entered the Rachmaninoff Music School and then later the Musorgsky College of Music in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2004 she was invited to study at Bowling Green State University (United States of America) with a full scholarship. In 2008 Ekaterina was invited to study at the University of South Florida to complete a Masters in Piano Performance with Dr. Svetozar Ivanov. In 2012 Ekaterina was invited to complete her DMA in Piano Performance at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with Dr. Mykola Suk.