Kyiv Piano Duo
“Kyiv Piano Duo” Oleksandra Zaitseva – Dmytro Tavanets are winners of the International Piano Duo Competition CMF (Paris, France), XIX Schubert International Piano Duo Competition (Czech Republic), International competition “Piano six hands” (Marktoberdorf, Germany), V International piano Duo Competition in Kaunas (Lithuania), Valberg International Piano Duo Competition (Valberg, France), Edvard Grieg International Piano Duo Competition (Oslo, Norway). Concerts in Ukraine, Russia, Denmark, France, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Switzerland, Kuwait, took part in Tavaszi Festival (Budapest, Hungary), festival “Virtuoso” (Lviv, Ukraine), “Copenhagen Summer Festival” (Denmark), Schubertiade (Roskilde, Denmark), Ohrid Summer Festival (Macedonia), “Beszady bez granic” (Sanok, Poland), Ventimiglia Ianternational Poiano Festival (Italy), “Music Premiers of Seasons” (Kiev, Ukraine), “Kiev Music Fest” (Kiev), “W Live” (Lviv, Paris), Perugia Music Fest (Italy).
Duo has cooperation with Henrik Svitzer, Andras Adorjan, Pierre-Yves Artaud for flute seminar in Denmark.
Performing wide repertoire for piano four hands, two pianos, and concertos with orchestras. Cooperated as soloists with many orchestras of Ukraine and abroad.
Kyiv Piano Duo released CD with Schubert’s music for piano four hands.
Oleksandra&Dmytro are organizers and artistic directors of the International festival “Chamber Music Session”.
Oleksandra Zaitseva graduated from the National Music Academy of Ukraine studying with professor Oleksandr Snegiryov and then finished postgraduate studies at National Music Academy in the class of professor Ihor Riabov. She is a Prizewinner in many International Piano Competitions: in memory of A.Rubinstein (Poland), Rome 1996 (Italy), Antonin Dvorak International Piano Competition (Czech Republic). Oleksandra was the holder of Vox Populi and Grand Prix Prize in Regina and Vladimir Horowitz Festival (1995, 1996, 1997, Kiev, Ukraine), took part in a number of International music festivals: Musica Antiqua (Brugge, Belgium), Beethoven festival and many others. Played a lot of concerts with orchestras and solos in Ukraine and many countries all over the world. Made recordings on radio and TV.
Oleksandra took part in the Chopin tour 2010 organized by Polish Institute playing recitals and orchestra performances (conductor – Roman Revakovych, Poland).
Currently, Oleksandra Zaitseva is teaching in the piano department of the National Music Academy of Ukraine.
Her students winning prizes at National and International piano competitions.
Dmytro Tavanets finished National Music Academy of Ukraine and postgraduate studies at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, where he was studying with professor Vsevolod Vorobyov. He is a Prizewinner of the National Piano Competitions, and a finalist of 1st and 2nd International Piano Competitions in memory of Vladimir Horowitz. Since 1999 he is working with the National Ensemble of Soloists “Kyiv Kamerata”. Dmytro took part in Music Fest (Kyiv), “2 days and 2 nights” (Odesa), 1st Festival of modern music (Yerevan, Armenia), Days of Ukrainian Culture in Germany (Berlin), Days of Kyiv’s culture in Moscow (Russia), “New Music Marathon 2005” (Prague, Czech Republic), “Warsaw Autumn” (Poland). Cooperation with many orchestras as soloists, among them Warsaw Philarmonic (conductor – Jacek Kaspszyk), NOSPR Symphony orchestra.
Soloist and executive director of the National ensemble of soloists, “Kyivska Kamerata”.
2017 has received the title “Merited Artist of Ukraine”.