Vera Gornostayeva is a Russian pianist and pedagogue.

Emeritus Artist of the Russian Federation, Gornostaeva is a graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where her teacher was the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus

Heinrich Neuhaus

Heinrich Gustavovich Neuhaus was a Soviet pianist and pedagogue of German extraction. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1922 to 1964. He was made a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1956...

.

In addition to her extensive performing career, Gornostaeva is a prominent professor at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory; holds masterclasses in Italy

Italy

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, Germany

Germany

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, France

France

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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, England

England

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, and the USA. She has presented masterclasses in Japan

Japan

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 since 1990 under the auspices of the Yamaha Musical Fund that are broadcast by NHK

NHK

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-TV. Her book, “Two Hours After the Concert” was translated and published there.

Other educational activities include leading annual seminars for Russian music teachers; giving lectures on radio and TV on classical music and the performing arts; and publishing articles and books. She is a jury member and often chairman of the jury at many prestigious international music competitions, and is also the President of the Moscow Association of Musicians.

Professor Gornostaeva is renowned for having trained about 50 prize winners of international piano competitions, including Alexander Slobodyanik

Alexander Slobodyanik

Alexander Slobodyanik was a classical pianist from Ukraine. He enjoyed a prodigious international career spanning over five decades. He made his debut tour to the United States in 1968 which included a recital at Carnegie Hall, which was highly praised by critics, recognizing him as a leader of...

, Semion Kruchin, Valery Sigalevitch

Valery Sigalevitch

Valery Sigalevitch is a Russian classical concert pianist.-Biography:...

, Petras Geniušas

Petras Geniušas

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, Dina Joffe

Dina Joffe

Dina Yoffe is a Latvian pianist, Israeli citizen.She was awarded the IX Fryderyk Chopin and the VI Robert Schumann competitions' 2nd prizes before graduating from the Moscow Conservatory in 1976...

, Yuri Lisichenko, Pavel Egorov

Pavel Egorov

Pavel Egorov is a Russian pianist and scholar.He won the VI Robert Schumann Competition before graduating in 1975 from the Moscow Conservatory. He has performed widely at an international level since...

, Alexander Paley, Eteri Andjaparidze

Eteri Andjaparidze

Eteri Andjaparidze is a Georgian/American pianist and pedagogue. Born on September 15, 1956, to the family of musicians in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, Andjaparidze received her first piano lessons from her pianist mother Yvette Bachtadze. Her father Zurab Andjaparidze was the leading tenor with...

, Ivo Pogorelich, Sergei Babayan

Sergei Babayan

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, Marian Pivka, Maxim Philippov, Ayako Uehara

Ayako Uehara

is a classical pianist.She won 2nd prize in the 2000 Sydney International Piano Competition. In 2002 she became the first woman to win the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition....

, Yurie Miura

Yurie Miura

is a Japanese pianist and actress from Oota, Tokyo. After graduating from Ferris High School in Yokohama and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 2001 she won the first prize of the Maria Canals International Music Competition.-External links:...

 and others.

She has made numerous recordings for Philips

Philips Records

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, Phoenix, Yamaha

Yamaha

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, and other labels of piano works by Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt

Liszt

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, Schumann

Robert Schumann

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, Schubert, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich.

Source

• http://www.classicalarchives.com/artist/4024.html#tv=about
• http://www.mosconsv.ru/english/page.phtml?2139
• http://english.ruvr.ru/2009/10/05/1816218.html