PROGRAM ARTIST BIO Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 Ludwig van Beethoven Hailed for her “absolute art, technique, and musicality” by Scherzo (1870-1827) Magazine (Spain) and “a sharp, inquisitive mind shaping the performance” by The Guardian (UK), Dr. Liudmila Georgievskaya has performed as a 1. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und recitalist in Russia, Italy, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, England, Ausdruck (With liveliness and with feeling and expression Hungary, Panama, and the United States. Winner of top prizes in more throughout) than a dozen national and international piano competitions, her 2. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen (Not too quickly performances have been broadcast on radio and television programs in and conveyed in a singing manner) Russia, the United States, Uzbekistan, Italy, and Vatican City. She appeared as soloist with the Dubna Symphony Orchestra (Russia), Turkeston Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony Orchestra (Uzbekistan), National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan, and with some American orchestras including Meadows 1. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo Symphony Orchestra, Las Colinas Symphony, Garland Symphony 2. Allegro vivace Orchestra, Symphony Arlington, UNT Concert Orchestra, Meadows Chamber Symphony, and Concert Artists of Baltimore. Her solo CD with music by Beethoven and Schumann (Odradek Records, 2013) was received Five Preludes from Op. 11 Alexander Scriabin enthusiastically by the international press and won two Global Music (1871-1915) Awards. 1. In C major – Vivace 2. In A minor – Allegretto Active also as chamber musician, she is a member of Voices of Change, one 3. In G major – Vivo of the most distinguished new music ensembles in the United States. She 4. In E minor – Lento often performs in piano duos with her husband Thomas Schwan and with 5. In D major – Andante cantabile her sister Olga Georgievskaya. An inheritor of the Russian piano school, she studied in Moscow with Tatiana Jeux d'eau (Playing Water) Maurice Ravel Galitskaya and Liudmila Roschina, both former students of the legendary (1875-1937) Russian pianist and composer Samuil Feinberg, Alexander Goldenweiser’s pupil and disciple. She graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory cum laude. She also completed her post-graduate studies Sonatine Maurice Ravel with Sergio Perticaroli at the Santa Cecilia National Academy in Rome 1. Modéré (Italy), followed by the Artist Certificate at Southern Methodist University 2. Mouvement de menuet with Joaquín Achúcarro and the Doctorate in Piano Performance at the 3. Animé University of North Texas with Dr. Pamela Mia Paul. She is currently on music faculty at Southern Methodist University and on the piano faculty at the University of North Texas and has been giving masterclasses worldwide. .