Pianist Anna Dmytrenko was born in Ukraine in 1992 and began her musical studies there. Following her relocation to the United States, she first studied at the Delaware Music School as a pupil of David Brown and Jeanne Pascal, and went on to win a scholarship (in 2004) to the Juilliard School Pre-College Division to study with Oxana Yablonskaya. She is currently studying piano at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Christopher Elton with the support of the John Burgess and Carr Gregory Awards.
Anna has won prizes in many international piano competitions including first prizes in the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Competition, Viardo International Piano Competition, and Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition.
Most recently, Anna was awarded the third prize at the New York International Piano Competition, and was featured on the McGraw-Hill Companies Young Artists Showcase on WQXR radio in New York.
As a concert pianist, Anna has performed at such renowned venues as the Kimmel Center of Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Salle Cortot, Yamaha Salon, St James’s Piccadilly, and Temple Emanu-El.
She is currently enjoying performing both solo and chamber music throughout the UK and has performed at St. Paul’s in Bedford, Windsor Parish Church, St. Mary’s Perivale and Regent Hall, amongst others.
As a participant in numerous master classes, Anna has received guidance from a number of pianists and teachers including Boris Berman, Alexander Braginsky, Akiko Ebi, Richard Goode, Gary Graffman, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Olga Kern, Piotr Paleczny, Jerome Rose and Arie Vardi.