➤ FOLK IN CLASSIC
N 26.08 kl 19:00 / Mustpeade maja Valge saal
Karolina Žukova
/ piano
“Žukova proved herself to be an adept chamber pianist with an excellent touch. Her legato was as smooth as you could ask for, she could lend shape to a phrase and her weightings of each note or chord were always well chosen.” Bachtrack, October 2021
Karolina Žukova is an outstanding pianist who has devoted herself to solo and chamber music and performs regularly in Estonia, in Germany as well as elsewhere in Europe.
In autumn 2014 Karolina Žukova and violinist Hans Christian Aavik formed a piano and violin duo, with which they released their debut album "AETERNUS" on Pilwrecords in October 2021. The duo has performed at several festivals, participated in different masterclasses and have won prizes at international competitions. In March 2020 they played with the Jyväskylä Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Vilje Matfejeff.
Karolina has won prizes in several competitions, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician in various formations. The Polytechnischen Gesellschaft Frankfurt (second price, 2021), Piano Competition Online (third price, 2021), "Ilmari Hannikainen Piano Chamber Music Competition" (diploma, 2020), "VII International Stasis Vainiunas Competition" (diploma and special prize from A. Vainiunaite, 2018), Jurmala and Stockholm international competitions (diplomas).
Karolina Žukova received her first piano lessons at the age of five in Narva, she continued her education in Tallinn High School of Music (Ira Floss). From 2014 to 2021 she is studying at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (Sten Lassmann). In 2017/18 she continued her studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main (Prof. Alexej Gorlatch) and since 2019 she has been studying chamber music at the same university (Prof. Angelika Merkle). In the winter semester 2021-22 she studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Prof. Christoph Eggner) and at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (Prof. Jevgueni Sinaiski).
Karolina has participated in master classes given by Sophia Rahman, Erik Schumann, Julian Rachlin, Jonathan Aner, Heime Müller, Alexander Kobrin, Bart van Oort, Yukio Yukoyama and many others.
Since July 2020, Karolina has been sponsored by the Hans and Stefan Bernbeck Foundation and since 2019 by Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now e. V. Frankfurt am Main.