Irina Lankova

Irina Lankova (born September 11, 1977, in Michurinsk, Russia) is a Belgian/Russian concert pianist.

Irina Lankova
Irina Lankova
Born11 September 1977
GenresClassical Music
Occupation(s)Concert Pianist
Websitehttp://www.irinalankova.com

Early life

Irina Lankova was born in a family of engineers [1] and started playing piano in the age of seven.[2] She was graduated with highest honours from Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow with Irina Temchenko, studying also with Lev Naumov and Vladimir Tropp.[3] In 1996 she moved to Brussels to continue her studies at Royal Conservatory of Brussels with Evgeny Mogilevsky. At the end of her first year at the Conservatory she was awarded the ‘Premier Prix’ for Piano with the Highest Distinction and consecutively obtained Diplômes Supérieurs of Piano, Chamber Music, Music theory, Music pedagogy and studied Conducting.[2] Furthermore, she received personal musical guidance from Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Professional career

International critics describe Irina Lankova as a pianist with ‘genuinely poetic touch’ and ‘infinite palette of colours’.[4] In 2008, Irina Lankova was invited to join the worldwide piano elite ‘Steinway Artists’.[5] Known for her ‘very personal and sensitive’ interpretations and recordings, but also for her innovative projects such as ‘Piano Unveiled’ and ‘Goldberg Visions’, Irina Lankova popularise classical music worldwide.[6]

Irina Lankova performs in most prestigious concert halls such as Wigmore Hall in London, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Flagey, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and La Monnaie in Brussels, Cidades das Artes in Rio and in St Martin-in-the-Fields in London.[2] She is invited to play in many international festivals: Piano Folies Touquet, Académie d'Été de Nice, Sagra Musicale Umbria, Schiermonnikoog Kamermuziekefestival, Festival de Wallonie, Brussels Summer Festival, Fortissimo d'Orleans, Berlin Summer Festival etc.

Her albums dedicated to Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Chopin and Schubert are highly acclaimed by critics for their ‘great sensitivity’ (Pianiste), ‘very personal narrative’ (La Libre Belgique) and ‘compelling authority’ (The Independent).[7]

Passionate by chamber music repertoire, Irina Lankova performs with many great artists including Tatiana Samouil, Frank Braley, Michael Guttman, Lorenzo Gatto, Michel Lethiec, Philippe Graffin, Jeroen Reuling, Pascal Moraguès, Marie Hallynck and many others.

Inspired by other forms of art and always in search for new ways of presenting the classical music, Irina Lankova develops innovative creative projects. After many years of working on Goldberg Variations of Bach, she created in 2020 a multimedia project 'Goldberg Visions' together with French visual artist Isabelle Françaix, combining music and video.

Willing to communicate more with her audience, Irina Lankova launches 'Piano Unveiled' [8] in 2016, an informal concert, enriched with her personal comments and destined to various publics. The concept meets a big success, also on the Internet in a form of short series. The artist's YouTube channel counts over two million views.[9]

Irina Lankova is also a concert producer and the artistic director of International Music Festival Max van der Linden in Belgium.

Private life

Irina Lankova is married to a Belgian architect and has two children (*2007 and *2009). She has a younger brother (*1985).[1] She lives in Belgium (Brabant Wallon).[10]

Discography

References
  1. Martine D. Mergeay: «La beauté me sauve». In: La Libre Belgique. April 12, 2005.
  2. Free Lunchtime Piano Recital – Irina Lankova. St Martin-in-the-Fields, November 30, 2002. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Irina Lankova – Piano Concertist. Archived 2018-01-02 at the Wayback Machine In: L’Académie Internationale d’été de Nice. 2015.
  4. "Press Review". Irina Lankova | Concert Pianist | Official Website. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  5. "Irina Lankova - Steinway & Sons". www.steinway.com. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  6. "Irina Lankova va vous faire aimer le classique". L'Echo (in French). 2019-03-15. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  7. Libre.be, La (2005-04-12). ""La beauté me sauve"". www.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  8. "Piano Unveiled". Irina Lankova | Concert Pianist | Official Website. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  9. "Irina Lankova". YouTube. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  10. Philippe Cornet: Bach investit la cathédrale. In: Le Vif. September 26, 2014.
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