Praised by critics as “a diva of the piano” (The Salt Lake City Tribune), “a mesmerizing risk-taker” (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland), and “simply spectacular” (Chicago International Music Foundation) Ukrainian-American pianist Marina Lomazov has established herself as one of the most passionate and charismatic performers on the concert scene today.  New York Times chief music critic Anthony Tommasini describes a recent New York performance as “dazzling” and Talk Magazine Shanghai describes her performances as “a dramatic blend of boldness and wit”.

Following major wins in the Cleveland International Piano Competition, William Kapell International Piano Competition, Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, and Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Lomazov has given performances throughout North America, South America, China, South Korea, Japan, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, and in nearly all of the fifty states in the U.S. She has given major debuts in New York (Weill-Carnegie Hall) Boston (Symphony Hall), Chicago (Dame Myra Hess Concert Series), Los Angeles (Museum of Art), Shanghai (City Theater) and Kiev (Kiev International Music Festival), including performances with the Boston Pops and Rochester Philharmonic among dozens of orchestras.

In recent seasons, Lomazov has performed extensively in China, including concerts in Shenyang, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Dalian, Guangzhou, Jinan, Nanjing, Qingdao and Yingkou. She is a frequent guest at music festivals in the U.S. and abroad, including Hamamatsu, Chautauqua, Brevard, Spoleto, Interlochen, Amalfi Coast, Atlantic, Eastman, Art of the Piano and numerous others.  She has recorded for the Albany, Centaur and Innova labels and American Record Guide praised her recent recording of piano works by Rodion Shchedrin for its “breathtaking virtuosity”. She has been featured on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today”, the “Bravo” cable channel and WNYC’s “Young Artist Showcase” and her recordings have been broadcast more than 100 times by WNYC and WQXR in New York, WFMT in Chicago and WBGH in Boston.

Ms. Lomazov is Professor of Piano at the Eastman School of Music, Founder of the Southeastern Piano Festival and Artistic Director of the Vivace Music Foundation. She has served as jury member for the Cleveland International Piano Competition, American Pianists Association, Hilton Head International Piano Competition, New Orleans International Piano Competition, Eastman International Piano Competition, Minnesota International Piano Competition and served as Chair of the National Panel for the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts, the only organization that nominates Presidential Scholars in the Arts.

Before immigrating to the United States in 1990, Marina studied at the Kiev Conservatory (Ukraine) where she became the youngest First Prize Winner at the All-Kiev Piano Competition. Ms. Lomazov holds degrees from the Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music, the latter bestowing upon her the highly coveted Artist’s Certificate – an honor the institution had not given a pianist for nearly two decades. Her principal teachers include Natalya Antonova, Leonid Fundiler, Jerome Lowenthal, Valery Sagaidachny and Barry Snyder. Also active as a chamber musician, Lomazov performs widely as a member of the Lomazov/Rackers Piano Duo. The duo garnered significant attention as Second Prize winners at the Sixth Biennial Ellis Competition for Duo Pianists (2005), the only national duo piano competition in the United States at that time. Praised for “demon precision and complete dedication”, the duo performs extensively throughout the United States and abroad.

Marina Lomazov is a Steinway Artist.