Thursday, May 1st, 2025
7:00 p.m.
Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel

Korzukhina Iana was born in 1995 in the little city of Arkhangelsk in Russia. In 2013, she enrolled in St. Petersburg College named after Modest Mussorgsky in the class of Dmitry Yakubovsky. In 2022 she graduated with honors from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory named after Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, class of Honored Artist of Russia, Professor Vladimir Stopichev.

Participated in various competitions as part of string and piano quartets during her studies. In addition to participating in chamber ensembles, she performs solo. Laureate of international competitions, participant of master classes of such outstanding musicians as Herman Tsakulov, Yuri Bashmet, Pavel Romanenko, Yuri Afonkin, Vladislav Pesin, Shmuel Ashkenasi etc.

Since 2021, she was an artist of such orchestras as the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Kazakh State Symphony Orchestra named after E. Rakhmadiyev and the Symphony Orchestra 1703 in Russia. Iana participated in various festivals and the cultural life of St. Petersburg.

Since 2024, she has been studying for a master’s degree in the USA at the Park University International Music Center with Professor Peter Chun.

Awards as part of the Piano Quartet:

1. Winners of the Grand Prix of the XI International Competition of instrumentalists and vocalists “Rising Stars 2020”, held in Riga (Latvia) as part of the festival “Days of Kazinik”.
2. Winners of the Grand Prix of the V International Competition of Young Performers “WHITE LYRE”, Belgorod, 2021.
3. Winners of the I prize of the All-Russian festival-competition of ensemble music dedicated to the 250th anniversary of L. Van Beethoven, Ufa, 2020.
4. Winners of the II prize of the Open City Competition of Chamber Ensembles dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, St. Petersburg, 2021.
5. Diploma holders of the XIV International Creative Youth Competition “Shabyt”, Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan, 2021.

Awards as part of a string quartet:

1. Winners of the II prize of the X International Competition named after S.I.Savshinsky, St. Petersburg, 2019.
2. Winners of the II prize of the Vll Stockholm International Competition, 2019.