Olga Jegunova

Olga Jegunova Born in Latvia and now living in London.

After studying music at Jazeps Vitols Latvian Music Academy she obtained her M.Mus at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg. This was followed by studying at the Royal College of Music (Artist Diploma course as an RCM scholar under Dmitri Alexeev) and then at the Royal Northern College of Music where her piano teacher was Norma Fisher.

Olga Jegunova has won many major international piano competitions. For example the Ginette Gaubert competition in Paris and the Steinway-Förderpreis in Hamburg. She has also been a prize-winner at the Maryse Cheilan competition in France, the Stasys Vainiunas competition in Vilnius, the Animato competition in Zurich, and was a semi-finalist at the prestigious Geza Anda Concours in Zurich.

Olga Jegunova has taken part in numerous master classes with Andras Schiff, Ferenz Rados, Elisso Virsaladze, Mikhail Voskresensky and Lazar Berman. As a soloist she has worked with conductors such as Saulius Sondeckis, Alexander Soddy, Andres Mustonen, Muhai Tang and Valery Ovsianikov, and appeared with ensembles and orchestras such as the Sinfonia Concertante, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Zürcher Kammerorchester, Pasdeloup Orchestra and Manchester Camerata. Olga is also is a very keen chamber musician.

Olga Jegunova was invited to work as a compare at the 2016 Tchaikovsky Competition This competition was streamed live on the Internet by Medici TV.

External links

Olga Jegunova Official website

Olga Jegunova playing Mozart Piano Sonata No. 11 in A