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"Narodytska has the knack of making Liszt's music sound better than it is".

                                      clevelandclassical.com

 

“Maria Narodytska is a music personality of a very special charisma”

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                                                                            Roland Krüger, chair of Bechstein-Bruckner competition, for Bechstein.com

 

Maria Narodytska is a pianist of Ukrainian origin. Her international concert activity includes such venues as Carnegie Hall in New York; Berliner Phillarmonie;  Laeiszhalle in Hamburg; Sala Maffeiana in Verona; Casa da Musica in Porto; Ruth Taylor Recital Hall in San Antonio; Hylton Performing Arts Center in Virginia as well as theaters and concert halls all over the world.

 

Recordings

In 2019 an album with Maria Narodytska playing Brahms was released under the label OnClassical for further worldwide distribution by Naxos of America. This work has already got a positive review at Rai Radio 3 – one of the most important radio stations in Italy, devoted to classical music. Her second album for Nationalux as a winner of “The most beloved artist” prize at Richter IPC was released on the 18th of September 2020. In 2021 and 2022 she released two Schubert albums under OnClassical, published by Naxos of America. Her new Beethoven album was released in December 2022.

 

 

Competitions

 

Recently Maria won:

 

• Ist prize at WPTA Spain (online, 2022)

• Ist prize at Bechstein-Bruckner Competition Austria (Linz, 2022)

• Ist absolute prize (Grand Prix) at Zodiac IMC (online, 2022)

• Ist prize at Agimus Padova IMC (Padova, 2022)

• Ist absolute prize (Grand Prix) at Ischia IPC (online, 2021)

• Ist prize at Orbetello IPC (Orbetello, Italy, 2021)

• Ist prize at Citta di Oleggio IPC (Oleggio, Italy, 2021)

• Ist prize at Music International Grand Prix IMC (New York, USA, 2021)

• Ist prize at “Fujairah” IPC (online, 2020)

• Ist prize at “Sound Espressivo” International Music Competition (online, 2020)

• Ist prize at “Danubia Talents” IMC (online, 2020)

• Ist prize at “Triomph de l’Art” IPC (online, 2020)

• Ist prize at “Citta di Barletta” Music Competition (Barletta, Italy, 2020);

•  Ist prize at Adilia Alieva IPC (Annemasse, France, 2020);

•  Ist prize at Tkaczewski IPC (Busko-Zdroj, Poland, 2020);

• Grand Prix at France Music Competition (Paris, France, 2020);

•  Ist prize at “Future Piano Stars” IPC (online, 2019);

•  Ist prize at “ISCART” IMC (online, 2020)

• IInd prize at WorldVision IMC (more then 600 candidates)

• IInd prize (no I awarded) and concert tour prize at Mauro Paulo Monopoli IPC (Barletta, Italy, 2020);

•  IInd prize at Campillos IPC (Malaga, Spain, 2020);

•  IInd prize at Paderewski International Piano Competition (Hartford, the USA, 2020);

• IInd prize at Franz Liszt Center IPC (online, 2021);

• IInd prize and OnClassical special prize at “Nuova Coppa Pianisti” IPC (online, 2021);

• IIIrd prize at Santa Cecilia IPC; (Porto, Portugal, 2020);

• IIIrd prize at Livorno IPC (Livorno, Italy, 2021);

• IIIrd prize at AEVEA IPC (Verona, Italy, 2020);

• Vth prize at Takamatsu IPC (Takamatsu, Japan, 2023)

 as well as prizes at more than 30 other international piano and composition competitions.

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Performances

Maria’s recent performances include:

 

30.03.2023 – Performance in Berliner Phillarmonie, Berlin, Germany

24.02.2023 - Beethoven: Concerto #5 with Seto Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Takuo YUASA

20.10.2022 – Recital at Brucknerhaus Linz, Linz, Austria

23.08.2022 – Recital at “Lato z Chopinem” Festival, Poland

15.07.2022 - Mozart: Concerto d minor with Orchestra Sinfonica di Grossetto under the baton of Cristian Lupes in Porto Ercole, Italy

14.07.2022 – Recital at Orbetello Piano Festival, Orbetello, Italy

23.06.2022 – Recital at Chateu de Ville d’Avray, France

16.04.2022 – Charity concert for Ukraine at Ernst-Reuter-Saal, Berlin, Germany

09.04.2022 – Beethoven: Concerto #5 with Nova Orchestra Wien under the baton of William Garfield Walker at Wiener Konzerthaus, Wien, Austria

23.02.2022 – Performance in Carnegie Hall, New York, USA

15.02.2022 – Recital at Paolo Grassi Foundation, Martina Franca, Italy

13.02.2022 – Recital at Teatro Rossini, Gioia del Colle, Italy

September 2021 – Concert tour of 8 concerts in different cities of Italy

 

Education

 

Narodytska graduated from Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine as a pianist under the guidance of prof. Natalia Tolpygo and as a composer, guided by Iryna Aleksiychuk. Since 2015 she continued her piano studies under prof. Ralf Nattkemper in High School of Music and Theater Hamburg. Now she studies with prof. Stepan Simonian in Hamburg as well as in Graz with prof. Dr. Milana Chernyavska.

 

Maria Narodytska is supported by Vere Music Fund since 2021.

Participating in numerous master courses, Maria had a chance to take lessons from Daniel Pollack, Lily Dorfman, Andrzej Jasinski, Lev Natochenny, Grigory Gruzman, Mikhail Arkadev, Akiko Ebi, Olga Kern.