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Polina Ushakova made her debut as a soloist at the age of 10 and has since performed numerous recitals at prestigious venues such as Gasteig in München, Carnegie Hall in New York, Musiikkitalo in Helsinki, and Salle Cortot in Paris.

Her successes include the prizes of international music competitions in the United States and Europe, among others - the Grand Prizes in Val Tidone Piano Competition (IT), Münchner Klavierpodium Wettbewerb (DE), Kiefer Hablitzel Music Competition (CH), New York Piano Competition (USA).

Polina received the Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste at the École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot in France.

Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste de l'École normale de musique de Paris Alfred Cortot (France)

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Diplôme supérieur d'exécution de l'École normale de musique de Paris Alfred Cortot (France)

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Master of Arts FHNW in Musikalischer Performance Musik-Akademie Basel (Switzerland)

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Master of Arts Solist in Music Performance (Switzerland) and Interpretation Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana (Switzerland)

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References inspirations:

Vitaly Berson, Matti Raekallio, Vovka Ashkenazy, Adrian Oetiker and Marian Rybicki

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Clavarte Fondation Award (Berlin, Germany)

Fritz-Gerber Prize (Zürich, Switzerland)

Rahn Kulturfonds (Zürich, Switzerland)

Fondation Nicati-de-luze (Lausanne, Switzerland)

1. prize, New York International Piano Competition (USA)

1. prize, Music Competition Kiefer Hablitzel (Switzerland)

1. prize, Concours International Musical Adilia Alieva Annemasse Genève (France-Switzerland) 

2. prize, Concours national du festival du jura (Switzerland)

2. prize, International Piano Competition Grotrian-Steinweg (Germany)

Grand-Prix, Val Tidone Piano Competition (Italy)

Laureate, International Piano Competition Klavierpodium (Germany)

Laureate, Moscow Piano Competition Talents of the New Century (Russia)

Laureate, Krystian Tkaczewski International Piano Competition (Poland)

Laureate, Piano Island Competition (Singapore)

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