Young Ukrainian pianist Tetiana Shafran is the First Prize Winner of the 2019 Olga Kern Competition. Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Tetiana Shafran started playing piano at the age of 3. She graduated from the Lysenko Special Music School and the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine where she studied with Andriy Vasin and the Oxana Yablonskaya Piano Academy where she studied with Professor Yablonskaya. Tetiana is the prize-winner of about 25 International piano competitions: For her debut album on the Steinway & Sons label, she performs a beguiling program of music by Chopin, Ravel, and Mikhail Pletnev's brilliant arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty.

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Tetiana Shafran, born in Kyiv, makes her Steinway debut here with an impressive recital. She was the first place gold medal winner in the 2019 Olga Kern International Competition, and has earned prizes in about 25 others. It is always great to hear a young pianist who appears to be making it in the performance world. Shafran has a lot to offer, and the Sono Luminus recording studio has captured her piano sound with its customary excellence. This disc from Steinway is an excellent way to get to know her.

— Fanfare (James Harrington)