Maria Narodytska

Biography

Maria Narodytska was born in Kiev, Ukraine. She 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.

Recently Maria won:

• I^st prize at “Fujairah” IPC (online, 2020)
• I^st prize at “Sound Espressivo” International Music Competition (online, 2020)
• I^st prize at “Danubia Talents” IMC (online, 2020)
• I^st prize at “Triomph de l’Art” IPC (online, 2020)
• I^st prize at “Citta di Barletta” Music Competition (Barletta, Italy, 2020);
• I^st prize  at Adilia Alieva IPC (Annemasse, France, 2020);
• I^st prize  at Tkaczewski IPC (Busko-Zdroj, Poland, 2020);
• Grand-prix laureate of France Music Competition (Paris, France, 2020);
• I^st prize at “Future Piano Stars” IPC (online, 2019);
• I^st prize at “ISCART” IMC (online, 2020)
• II^nd prize (no I awarded) at Mauro Paulo Monopoli IPC (Barletta, Italy, 2020);
• II^nd prize at Campillos IPC (Malaga, Spain, 2020);
• II^nd prize at Paderewski International Piano Competition (Hartford, the USA, 2020);
• II^nd prize at Franz Liszt Center IPC (online, 2021);
• II^nd prize and OnClassical special prize at “Nuova Coppa Pianisti” IPC (online, 2021);
• III^rd prize at Santa Cecilia IPC; (Porto, Portugal, 2020);
• III^rd prize at AEVEA IPC (Verona, Italy, 2020)
• V^th prize at Singapore IPC (Singapore, 2021)
• Diploma at The Gurwitz IPC (San-Antonio, the USA, 2020), as well as prizes at more than 30 other international piano and composition competitions.

In 2019 an album with Maria Narodytska playing Brahms was released under the label OnClassical for further worldwide distribution by Naxos of America. Her second album for Nationalux as a winner of “The most beloved artist” prize at Richter IPC was released on the 18^th of September 2020. Her third album devoted to Schubert appeared under OnClassical, published by Naxos of America in March 2021.

Maria’s international concert activity includes such venues as Laeiszhalle in Hamburg; Sala Maffeiana in Verona; Ruth Taylor Recital Hall in San Antonio, as well  as theaters and concert halls all over the world.

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.