Anna Kirichenko

  • Born in Odessa, Ukraine
  • Piano and composition studies at the Nezhdanova Academy of Music Odessa, further piano studies with Prof. Hans Leygraf at Mozarteum University of Salzburg
  • Concert debut with the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra followed by intensive cooperation with various orchestras in Russia and Ukraine as well as guest performances at numerous international festivals
  • Concerts under the direction of Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Pierre Boulez, Kent Nagano, Georges Prêtre, Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Franz Welser-Möst
  • Recordings for Bayerischer Rundfunk, BBC, Radio France and Deutschlandradio
  • Prizewinner at the Prokofiev Competition
  • Pianist with Reiner Goldberg, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Kurt Rydl, Klaus Thunemann, Karl Leister and Reinhold Friedrich
  • Since 1998, Lecturer at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin and from 2000 to 2002 at Cologne University of Music