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Iryna


Iryna was born on January 8 in 1980 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 1998 she finished Kharkiv Secondary Musical Specialized School with distinction. In 2002 Iryna graduated ahead of time from the Kharkiv State Institute of Arts and got Specialist’s Diploma with honors and Master’s Diploma.
At the age of 7 she debuted with Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra. Iryna performed as a piano soloist in recitals in many countries: Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Byelorussia, Moldova, Andorra, Belgium, the USA and in many cities of Ukraine.
She performed with the symphony orchestras of Kharkiv, Belgorod, Chernygiv, Saratov and with the UW Symphony Orchestra (USA).
She has records for the radio, television and CDs.
In the period of 2002-2004, Iryna Sapozhnykova studied in the University of Wyoming (USA) and got Piano Performer’s Certificate.

She received awards in many International competitions:

1996 — Diploma at the 3’ v. Kraynev International Competition of Young Pianist (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
1997 — Third Prize at IT. Tsvetayeva International Competition (Minsk, Byelorussia)
1997 — Second Prize and Special Prize at K. Filch International Competition (Sibiu, Romania)
1997 - Special Prize at Dvorzhak 1st International Competition (Przhybram, Czech Republic)
1997 - Second Prize Laureate at E. Koki International Competition (Kishinev, Moldova)
1998 - Third Prize Laureate at All-Ukrainian Show-Competition (Kirovograd, Ukraine)
1998 — Grand-Prix at 1st Chopin International Festival of Young Pianists (Kishinev, Moldova)
1999 — First Prize at International Competition “XXI Century: (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2000 Winner of “New Names of Ukraine” program (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2000 — Fourth Prize ofthe 1st Governor’s International Piano Competition (Saratov, Russia)
2000 - Second Prize and Special Prize at K. Filch International Competition (Sibiu, Romania)
2002 — Winner of the state level of the Music Teacher’s National Association Collegiate piano competition (Laramie, Wyoming, USA)
2003 — Second Prize-winner in the Northwest regional competition (Boise, Idaho, USA)
2003 — Winner of the Dorothy Jacoby Soloist Competition (Laramie, Wyoming, USA)
In 2005 Iryna was a Jun members 2-nd International Festival “Gold rose” in Lviv.

Programme of Iryna Sapozhnykova:

1. Solo works of
Scarlatti, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Shopin, Liszt, Moszhkovski, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Shchedrin, Dvorzhak, Durlet, Skoryk, Guliyev.
2. Concerts of piano and orchestra of Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Other national and/or international competitions

The 3-rd V.Kraynev International Competition of Young Piarnst(Kharkiv, Ukraine), 1996 - Diploma.
I.T. Tsvetayeva lnternational Competition (Minsk, Byelorussia), 1997 - Third Prize
K.Filch International Competftion (Sibiu, Romania), 1997 - Second Prize and Special Prize
Dvorzhak 1-st International Competion (Przhybram, Czech Republic), 1997 - Special Prize
E. Koki International Competion (Kishinev, Moldova), 1997 - Second Prize
All-Ukrainian Show-Competition (Kirovograd, Ukraine), 1998 - Third Prize
The 1-st Chopin International Festival of Young Pianists (Kishinev, Moldova), 1998 - Grand-Prix
Internaonal Competition "XXI Century"(Kyiv, Ukraine), 1999 - First Prize
"New Names of Ukraine" program (Kyiv, Ukraine), 2000 - Diploma.
The 1-st Governor's International Piano Competition (Saratov, Russia), 2000 - Diploma(Fourth Prize)
K.Filch International Competftion (Sibiu, Romania), 2000 - Second Prize and Special Prize
The state level of the Music Teacher’s National Association Collegiate piano competition (Laramie, Wyoming, USA), 2002 - Winner
The Northwest regional competition (Boise, Idaho, USA), 2003 - Second Prize
The Dorothy Jacoby Soloist Competition (Laramie, Wyoming, USA), 2003 - Winner
In 2005 Iryna Sapozhnykova was a Jun members 2-nd International Festival of “Gold rose” in Lviv (Ukraine)

Recitals

May 20, 1998 - Kharkiv(Ukraine) - Hall of the Kharkiv Philharmonic - The Kharkiv festival of chamber & organ music
April 15, 1999 - Kharkiv(Ukraine) - Hall of the Kharkiv Philharmonic
December 23, 1999 - Kharkiv(Ukraine) - Hall of the Kharkiv Philharmonic
May 15, 2001 - Przhybram (Czech Republic) - Hall of the Philharmonic - The festival of Antonin Dvorzhak
April 25, 2002 - Kharkiv(Ukraine) - Hall of the Kharkiv Philharmonic
January 14, 2003 - Laramie (USA) - Unwersity of Wyoming Fine Arts,Concert Hall
April 27, 2003 - Laramie (USA) - Unwersity of Wyoming Fine Arts,Concert Hall
November 29,2005 - Lviv (Ukraine) - Hall of the Philharmonic - The festival of “Gold rose”.

Concerti

March 30, 1996 - Kharkiv(Ukraine) - Symphony Orchestra of the Kharkiv Philharmonic & AIIm Vlasenko - Round III of the V. Kraynev International Competition of Young Pianist
May 5, 1996 - Belgorod (Russia) - Symphony Orchestra of the Belgorod Philharmonic & Alexander Shadrin - On the day of arrival of the President of Russia
April 6, 1997 - Kharkiv(Ukraine) - Symphony Orchestra of the Kharkiv Philharmonic & Victoria Zhad’ko
April 28, 2000 - Kharkiv(Ukraine) - Symphony Orchestra of the Kharkiv Philharmonic & Igor Shapovalov
May 25, 2000 - Chernigiv (Ukraine) - Symphony Orchestra of the Chernigiv Philharmonic & Mykola Sukach - Birthday of Mykola Sukach
May 27, 2000 - Kyiv (Ukraine) - Symphony Orchestra of the Chernigiv Philharmonic & Mykola Sukach - The festival "Kyiv summer musical evenings"
June 8, 2000 - Saratov (Russia) - Symphony Orchestra of the Saratov Philharmonic & Edward Serov - Round III of the 1-st Governor’s International Piano Competition
January 23, 2001 - Kharkiv(Ukraine) - Symphony Orchestra of the Kharkiv Philarmonic & lgor Palkin - “Goodbye, the XX century”
December 8, 2001 - Kharkiv(Ukraine) - Symphony Orchestra of the Kharkiv Philharmonic & Allin Vlasenko
February 27, 2003 - Laramie (USA) - The University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra & Michael Griffith - The Dorothy Jacoby Soloist Competition
March 2, 2003 - Jackson (USA) - The University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra & Michael Griffith
May 21 , 2005 - Kharkiv(Ukraine) - Symphony Orchestra of the Kharkiv Philharmonic & Yuriy Yanko.

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