Victoria Foust

«The Russian pianist Victoria Foust surprising international career is highlighted by a constant search for artistic excellence and a great commitment to communication through music. Acclaimed for her “passionate and refined” manner of playing and “her magnificent Russian fingers”, she has captivated the public on numerous stages in Europe and Latin America. She recently released the album Musical Adventures, Volume I dedicated to youth.
Victoria Foust, with her interpretive versatility, has been soloist with symphonic orchestras in the Urals (Russia, 1992), the Soloists of the Mariinsky Theater (Russia 1997), the National Symphony and the Saint Cecilia Sinfonietta of Peru, and in chamber music recitals.
In recent years she has participated in festivals such as “The vanguard up to our time” in Saint Petersburg, Russia, “Bachwoche” in Ansbach, Germany, “Savolinne Opera Festival” (Finland, 1995), the Bela Bartok Festival (Peru, 2001) and likewise in the House-Museum of Rimsky Korsakov (Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2007), “The Frutillar Musical Weeks” (2007, 2008), and Teatro del Lago in Chile.
Victoria Foust began studying piano at age five and later entered the Liceo Conservatory \»Mussorgsky\» in Ekaterinsburgo subsequently entering the Conservatory \»Rimsky-Korsakov\» from St. Petersburg to the specialty of Piano, Organ and Harpsichord.
At the same time she undertook work as konzertmeister of the Rimsky Korsakov Opera and Ballet Theater in Saint Petersburg, and participated actively whit the Richard Wagner Group. Right after graduating whit honors as a piano soloist, chamber music artist, konzertmeister, and master of piano, she was awarded the title of “Representative of the Rimsky Korsakov Conservatory” in Latin America.
Her extensive work as Representative began in Peru in 1997 by developing an intense didactic, and educational activity promoting the art of the grand tradition of the Russian piano school, and additionally collaborating as konertmeister of the Pro Lyrical Association of Peru, sharing the stage with singers from La Scala of Milan and the Metropolitan Opera House.
The importance that she gives to music by her communicative power has taken her to Santiago, Chile in 2005, where she now resides and there she continues her artistic and pedagogical mission throughout the country as a teacher of piano and chamber music at the Conservatory of Music, Universidad Mayor. She has done multiple tours of benefit concerts and funds to promote and concerts in order to get scholarships for Chilean musical talents. In Chile, started with pianist Roberto Bravo the Musical Tales program which introduced children and young people to the great composers like Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bach, Debussy through storytelling.
Her constant preoccupation whit the re-creation of different musical styles has inspired her to record her first CD of The Great Waltzes in Germany, 2007. She also participated in music for films such as La Prueba (Peru, 2003) and Neruda (Chile, 2014)»;

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