Pianist and harpsichordist Anna Kislitsyna made her solo debut at age 10 with the Omsk Symphony Orchestra in Russia. She hails from a long and noble tradition of music making in Russia with both of her parents and her brother being professional musicians. From 2002 to 2012, she served as the soloist in residence of the Omsk Symphony where she performed multiple piano concerti and chamber music recitals. Other accomplishments include prizes in the Lautard-Chevtchenko Competition in France, International Chamber Music Competition in Finland, Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, IV Chopin International Piano Competition in Connecticut, and the All Russia Piano Competition among others.
Anna has appeared in such concert halls as Carnegie Hall in New York, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Rachmaninov Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Alfred Cortot Hall of Paris Conservatory, Novosibirsk Philharmonic Hall, and numerous concert stages in Russia, Finland, Italy, France, Ukraine, and the United States.
As a chamber musician, she performs with Trio Casals with which she is currently recording her second CD on the Parma Label with a premier set for Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in spring 2018. She has also performed many recitals with various principal chairs of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Prior to coming to the United States, Anna served four years as a professor of piano at the Novosibirsk Conservatory in Russia, one of the leading music schools with an acceptance rate of under 5%. Additionally, she taught five years in the Novosibirsk Special Music College which is one of three professionally oriented music schools in Russia for students ages 4 to 18. Her students have won awards that include 1st prize in the XII International Seoul Competition; 1st prize in the V Chopin International Piano Competition in Connecticut; 2nd prize in the Pennsylvania State Music Teacher’s National Association Competition; performing as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra as a winner of the Greenfield Competition; 2nd prize in the VII International Rachmaninov Piano Competition in Russia, and 3rd Prize in the Bluthner International Piano Competition in Russia. During Anna’s teaching career she has been invited to give master classes and judge international piano competitions. Her students have performed with various symphony orchestras, including Philadelphia Orchestra, Kiev Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Symphony Orchestra, and Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra. Her students are winners of international piano competitions in Italy, Austria, China, Korea, Poland, Ukraine, Switzerland, France, UK, USA, and Russia. They annually perform in Carnegie Hall.
Anna completed her DMA at Temple University with her dissertation on Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto for piano and strings. She is from the studio of Dr. Charles Abramovic on Piano and Dr. Joyce Lindorff on Harpsichord. Prior to her studies at Temple, Anna completed her coursework for a DMA at the Novosibirsk Conservatory in Russia with a dissertation on Olivier Messiaen’s “Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus”, she also earned a Master Degree and Bachelor Degree with her primary teachers being Larisa Smeshko and Mary Lebenzon. Additionally, she holds a Master Degree from West Chester University where she studied with Dr. Igor Resnianski