Mariya Kim | Age 26 | Ukraine/Germany

Mariya Kim has just returned from Seoul, Korea, having won First Place in the 2008 Seoul International Music Competition. In 2007, she won First Place in the "XVII Concorso Internationale per Pianoforte e Orchestra Citta di Cantu" (Italy) and was a prizewinner of the Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy.

From 1987-1998, Ms. Kim was a student at the Music School in Sevastopol, Ukraine. From 1998 to the present she is a student of Professor Vladimir Krainev at the Hochschule für Musik & Drama Hannover.
Ms. Kim has won First Prize in many competitions. In 1996, she won First Prize at the Vladimir Krainev International Piano Competition. In 2001, she won First Prize at the International piano competition "In Memory of V. Horowitz". In 2002, she won First Prize at the International Piano competition in Patras, Greece. In 2004, she won First Prize at the "Piano Campus" International Piano Competition in France and First Prize at the VI Paderewski International Piano Competition in Poland. In 2005, she won First Prize at the Concorso Internazionale Pianistico "Scriabin" in Italy, First Prize at the XVII Concorso Internationale "Camillo Togni" in Italy and a Scholarship from the Yamaha Music Foundation in Europe. In 2006, she won First Prize at the China Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition and was the winner of the International Piano Competition "Maria Callas Grand Prix" in Greece.

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