ELEONORA KARPUKHOVA, Pianist

Reception following. 
PROGRAM:
Rachmaninoff: Ten Preludes, Op. 23 COMPLETE
Lyadov: Two Preludes: Op.10, 11 and 3 pieces. op.57
Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de Fantaisie:

Elegie in E♭ minor
Prelude in C♯ minor
Melody in E major
Polichinelle in F♯ minor
Serenade in B♭ minor

Russian pianist Eleonora Karpukhova, winner of numerous international piano competitions and Associate Professor at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatoire was born in Kazan (Russia) and began her musical studies at the age of 5. In 2000, Eleonora graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire and has won numerous international competitions including the Citta di Senigallia International Competition in Italy, the Varallo Sessia International Competition in Italy and the 29th Dr. Luis Sigall International Piano Competition in Chile, the Grgosevich Competition in Zagreb, Croatia and the Jose Vianna da Motta Piano Competition in Lisbon, Portugal.
Eleonora Karpukhova performs regularly in Russia, Ukraine, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Austria, Chile, Brazil and Portugal. She played numerous concerts with Orquestra Sinfonica de Chili, Orquestra Fundacao Gulbenkian, Polish Baltic Philharmonic orchestra, Orquestra Metropolitana, Orquestra de Algarve, Orquestra Sinfonica de Providencia. In 2013, Eleonora initiated and organized the Rachmaninov Fest music festival in Moscow to mark the 140th anniversary of the composer's birth. Eleonora has recorded two CDs of Rachmaninov's music, for both solo and two pianos.  Solo CD album  featuring  complete Rachmaninov's Etudes-Tableaux released in 2014 by Classical Records. In 2017 a live recording of Eleonora performing Tchaikovsky’s piano masterpieces was released in Moscow.