Irina Morozova teaches at the Special Music School/Kaufman Music Center which is a stone’s throw from Lincoln Center. On a particularly busy day with more than six back-to-back students and a performance class crowding her roster, she managed to apportion time to share her ideas about phrasing Chopin’s music, focusing her attention on Chopin’s Eb Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2. (Morozova also wove in references to the composer’s Rondo in Eb, Op. 16)
It was a unique opportunity to record Irina’s riveting commentary and to separately film a few of her very gifted students during lessons-in-progress that will be separately posted.
For now, here’s footage that greatly enriches our understanding of Chopin from the unique perspective of a singular performing artist and teacher who well-represents the great Russian pedagogical tradition.
An ethereal sample of Irina’s artistry:
BIO: Irina Morozova
Piano; B.M. with Honors, Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music; M.M., Manhattan School of Music; piano studies with Vladimir Shakin, Galina Orlovskaya, Arkady Aronov; performances include Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, New American Chamber orchestra; participated in Film America’s “Music in the 20th Century” series; awards include Frinna Awerbuch, San Antonio International Piano Competitions; teaches, performs at International Keyboard Institute and Festival in NY; faculty, Mannes College of Music, Manhattan school of Music, Special Music School.
“Irina Morozova made her New York debut with a solo recital at Carnegie Hall in 1996 after winning Artists International Auditions. Critics raved, “Morozova possesses an astonishing beauty of sound and power of ideas…she is the sort of pianist who can turn a simple phrase into magic….”
“Born to a musical family, Irina Morozova began her musical studies at the Leningrad Special Music School for Gifted Children and graduated with honors from the Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music where her major teacher was Galina Orlovskaya. Studying with Vladimir Shakin at the Saint-Petersburg Conservatory, she performed in the concert halls of Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev, and many other cities in the former Soviet Union. She also toured former East Germany and appeared with the Berlin Radio Symphony in the famed Schauspielhaus.
(A list of performance credits is too long to tabulate, though they encompass a variety of international venues.)
“Ms. Morozova received her Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Dr. Arkady Aronov. Since 1997 she has been on the faculties of Mannes College of Music and the Special Music School at Kaufman Center.”
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