Iryna Kudielina
Stakhanov, Ukraine
Iryna Kudielina was six when her father and uncle carried an upright piano up four flights of stairs to the family's apartment in Stakhanov, in Ukraine's Luhansk region.
- Two first prizes in Portugal, 2022
- Gold, North Pacific Piano Competition
- Solo recitals at Teatro São João
- Studied with Alexander Tutunov
- Founded Trio La Forza
“You're an orchestra in one instrument.”
From the age of ten she accompanied the church choir her father conducted. She graduated with honors from the Kotlyarevsky Kharkiv National University of Arts, in Anna Sagalova's class. An Erasmus+ award took her to Porto in 2019 to study with Constantin Sandu; she gave solo recitals at the Teatro Nacional São João.
In 2022 she won first prizes at two international competitions in Portugal, the Concurso Internacional de Piano do Alto Minho and the Premio Elisa de Sousa Pedroso. She completed graduate study in piano performance with Alexander Tutunov at Southern Oregon University, and holds a Gold Medal from the North Pacific Piano Competition. She lives in Ashland, where she plays solo recitals, accompanies singers and instrumentalists, leads Trio La Forza for piano, bassoon and clarinet, and teaches children.
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