About

Ms Natalia Bogdanova MA in Piano Performance (Pianist/Chamber music soloist/Teacher), graduated from Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory (http://istud.conservatory.ru/), one of the most famous music academies in the world and the oldest academy of music in Russia!

Since 2003 Natalia has been living in Ottawa, Canada. As a page-turner she worked with 10th and 11th Chamber Music Festival, in Ottawa. In 2004 she organized World of Fairy Tales festival (non-for-profit organization) and in October as a Manager/Special event Mrs Bogdanova successfully participated in organizing reception of the season opening concert by the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra with collaboration of the Russian Embassy.

Later in 2004 she resumed her own pedagogical career as a Piano Teacher, specializing with piano level 5-10 RCM and ARCT.

During 2007 as an accompanist Natalia participated in Kiwanis festival (www.ottawakiwanismusicfestival.com) and Canadian Music Competition (www.cmcnational.com) and later she took a part time position as a Piano Instructor at Carleton University in Ottawa. (www.carleton.ca/ssac/music/index.html).

Natalia started playing piano, learning music theory/history and singing in the children choir at the age of seven in Russia.
... At the age of 15, she was admitted to the Yuzno-Sakhalinsk Music College, where she successfully studied classical piano, focusing her attention on piano teaching aspects, methods and performance as a piano soloist under direction of Paulina Loseva,  Russian Federation's Honour artist.

In 1984 as a solo performer Ms Bogdanova participated in Far Eastern Competition of Young Performers (piano) in Vladivostok, Russia, where she won the Public Award of Young Concert Artists. 

After graduation in 1985, with Piano Teacher and Accompanist Bachelor's degree, Natalia acted as an accompanist and a teacher in Pedagogical College, working as accompanist in choir conductor’s class and as a performer in many choral, vocal and violin/cello concerts.

From 1987 Natalia continued her education as a pianist at one of the best University of the world, Rimsky-Korsakov Saint-Petersburg (then Leningrad) Conservatory under direction of Piano Professor Vasily Kolmikov, and in 1993 graduated with a Master degree in Piano Performance/Music Art.

In 1994 Ms Bogdanova left Russia and moved to Gothenburg, Sweden, where she worked in Opera House (http://www.opera.se), Ballet Academy and Dansforum as a ballet accompanist.

Besides her piano involvement Ms Bogdanova writes as a music critic. Her articles cover piano concerts, ballet performances, and festivals at the National Arts Centre (www.nac-can.ca), National Gallery (www.gallery.ca) and other cultural events in Ottawa and published in Russian language newspapers and magazines in Canada and Russia such as:

Montreal-Toronto. Montreal, Canada
Drugie Berega, Milano, Italy (http://drugieberega.com/authors/NB),
Interlit, International, Belorussia (http://www.interlit2001.com/bogdanova-1.htm),
Interlit, International, Belorussia (http://www.interlit2001.com/bogdanova-2.htm),
Japan Today, Moscow, Russia (http://www.japantoday.ru/),
Russian Ottawa, Canada (http://russianottawa.com/gazeta/culture_051212111.shtml),
Balet/Linija, Moscow, Russia (http://www.russianballet.ru/line/line2005/line08_05.htm).

Working as a teacher Ms Bogdanova follows Russian school of piano and delivers her program according to the best European and Russian academic tradition, fostering not only a love of music but also aesthetic and humanitarian values. She emphasizes the development of student's musical abilities through the well thought-out exercises and acquitting her students with the best examples of musical literature.

Ms Bogdanova pays very much attention to piano technique development, position of the hands and articulation.

Played Solo Repertoire

BACH, Johann Sebastian

Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830

Das Wohltemperierte Klavier
Book 1: BWV 846, 847, 849, 850, 851, 853, 855, 857, 861, 863, 866, 867.
Book 2: BWV 870, 871, 874, 875, 881, 884, 887, 889.

Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052

SCARLATTI, Domenico

Sonata C major, K159
Sonata in D minor, K9
Sonata in D major, K 430
Sonata in E major, K 380

HAYDN, Josef

Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI: 49
Sonata in E major, Hob.XVI: 13
Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI: 23
Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI: 52

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus

Concerto in C major, No.25, K 503
Concerto in A for Piano, No. 23, K 488
Rondo in A major, K386
Rondo in D for Piano, K382
Fantasie in D minor, K397
Sonata in G major, K283
Sonata in C major, K330
Sonata in B flat major, K570

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van

Sonata in F minor, op.2, no.1
Sonata in C minor, op.10, no.1
Sonata in G major. Op.31, no.1
Sonata in E flat major, op.31, no.3
Concerto in C major, no.1 Op. 15
Concerto in C minor, no. 3, op. 37

BRAHMS, Johannes

Intermezzo in A minor, op118, no.1
Intermezzo in E flat minor, op118, no.6
Piano duet. Hungarian dances Nos. 1-21

CHOPIN, Frederic

Etudes, op 10: C major, A minor, E major, C sharp minor, G flat major, F major
Preludes, op 28: E minor, A major, C sharp minor
Nocturnes: B flat minor, op.63, no.1; C-sharp Minor (1830)
Ballades: no.1 in G minor, Op 23 and no. 2, in F minor, op 38
Scherzo no.1 in B minor, Op 20

GRIEG, Edvard

Lyric pieces, op 65
Nocturne no. 8 in D Flat, op 27/2
Peer Gynt Suite, op 46

LISZT, Franz

Liebestraum no.3 in A flat major (A Dream of Love)
Tarantella
Paganini Etudes: no.4 in E major and no.5 in G major (La Chasse)
Three Concert Etudes: no.2 in F minor and no.3 in D-flat major

RAVEL, Maurice

Sonatine

DEBUSSY, Claude

Preludes, Book I; B flat major, no.1 and C major, no.2

SCRIABIN, Alexander

Etude op.65, no.3
Etude op. 8, no. 5 in E major

RACHMANINOFF, Sergei

Études-tableaux: no.1, no.2, no.3, no.4, no.5 op. 33
Études-tableaux: no. 8, op.39
Prelude in C sharp minor, no. 2, op. 3
Prelude in D minor, op.23, no.3
Prelude in D major, op 23, no.4
Prelude in E flat major, op.23, no.6
Prelude in B flat minor, op.32, no.2
Prelude in G major, op.32, no.5
Prelude in G sharp minor, op.32, no.12
Six Moments Musicaux, Op.16: no.2 in E flat minor; no.4 in E minor and no.6 in C major
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Opus 1

BORODIN, Alexander

Scherzo

SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri

Concerto no. 2 in F major, Op. 102

TAKTAKISHVILI, Otar

Toccata for piano (1961)

MOSZKOWSKI, Moritz

15 Virtuoso Etudes, op.72

SATIE, Erik

Gymnopédies
Trois Gnossiennes