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Europe
Composers
Véronique Bracco
France
Véronique Bracco
Véronique Bracco
Véronique Bracco is an award-winning French pianist, composer, and versatile artist deeply passionate about all aspects of music. She began composing at the age of 10 and was published by Éditions Henry Lemoine at 13. Since then, she has been leading a concert career as both soloist and chamber musician, performing across France and Europe, as well as a pedagogical career as a piano teacher.
At 14, she composed her first Piano Concerto for piano and orchestra, performed under the Baton of French composer and Grand Prix de Rome winner Christian Manen in Asnières. It was written as a tribute to Mozart for the bicentenary of his death. At 16, she was commissioned to write her first film score for the short film Classé-Noisette, followed by many piano and chamber works, as well as music for media including ambient works and songs.
Her concert works are regularly commissioned and performed internationally by concert soloists and ensembles, while her pedagogical pieces are often selected as required works in competitions (Concours Bellan - Paris, Concours Les clés d'or, Concours Prodige Art - Steinway&Sons, Concours A Tempo...). In 2020, she joined The Three Essential Elements of Music, a collective of international composers involved in numerous world premiere projects across Greece, Spain, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, England... In 2022, she was invited to perform her music at the International Composers Festival in Bexhill, England. In 2023, she published her own piano method book Le piano en Ballade with F2M Éditions.
Her music has been recorded by international artists. Most recent releases include The Forest: A Tale of the Fenghuang for piano trio and flute, featured on the album by the Galan Trio and Zacharias Tarpagkos, as well as Heureux qui comme Ulysse... for ancient Greek lyre on Nikos Xanthoulis’ album 7+1 Composers for Ancient Greek Lyre, and La Toupie on flautist Rita D’Arcangelo’s album Inspired by Rita 2.
March and April 2026, After the Rain, the Color of the Weather… was premiered by french Duo Alcor (violin and harp), and her new musical tale – Terra Nostra (Environmental Little Suite for Cello Ensemble) – was premiered by the Cell’Occitanie Ensemble, bringing together cello students and teachers from conservatories and music schools across the Occitanie region (South West of France), as well as musicians from the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, before an enthusiastic audience of more than 700 people.
In 2026, many new works are still to come to life.
Véronique Bracco
- Main channel
- Petit Nocturne
- De vague en vague
- 5 sons pour voyager
- Cool! that jazz
- Rigaudon, rigolons
- Valse nostalgique
- Destinée - Advanced level
- Nocturne n°1 - Advanced level
- Si seulement - Advanced level
- Plus fort que la haine (Stronger than hate) - Advanced level
- Mélodie sans fin - Advanced level
- Sous l'écume l'amaranthe - Advanced level
- Fantasia do renascer - Advanced level
- Sonata capriccio (composed when I was 11) - younger level
- Le Carrousel des souvenirs - younger level
- Nostalgie - younger level
- Jumpy, the little kangaroo (solo version) - younger level
- Rondo n° 1 - (composed when Veronique was 13 years old) - younger level
- Everlasting light on flowing - air - - younger level
- The End - Piano Duet - 4 hands
- Monsters'Waltz - Piano Duet - 4 hands
- Piotr, the little bird that swings - Piano Duet - 4 hands
- Fantaisie Tragique (Tribute to Jacqueline du Pré) - Cello Solo (+Piano)
- Sérénade à l'aube d'un jour nouveau - Violin Solo (+ piano)
- Destinée - (version originale) - Violin solo (+ piano)
- Valse : (easier level) - Violin solo (+PIano)
- Romance - Violin solo (+PIano)
Arnold Nevolovitsch
Germany
Arnold Nevolovitsch
Arnold Nevolovitsch
Arnold Nevolovich was born on December 17, 1953, in Leningrad (St.Petersburg), where he graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in 1978 as a composer and music teacher. He has been a member of the Union of Composers of Russia since 1986. For many years, he served as the organizer and chairman of the jury for the annual international competition for young composers "I am a Composer" in St. Petersburg.
At the same time, he taught composition, music theory, and piano, and worked as an accompanist at various music schools in St. Petersburg. Arnold Nevolovich is a multiple laureate of the International Composers' Competition for Piano Duets in Tokyo, Japan, where he received first and second prizes, as well as special prizes, in 1995, 2005, and 2015. Since 1995, he has been a member of the International Association of Piano Duets.
He is the author of numerous compositions for various solo instruments (especially solo piano and piano ensemble), choir and orchestra, chamber instrumental and vocal music, music for children, and theater. Many of these works have been published and performed worldwide. The composer's style is defined by a seamless blend of modern, romantic, popular, and jazz melodies, harmonies, and rhythms. His music is distinguished by lyricism, melody, great temperament, and humor.
Since 1997, he has lived with his family in Lübeck, teaching piano and composition at the music schools of Lübeck and Neumünster, directing the choir of the Lübeck Music School, playing in ensembles with various instrumentalists and singers, and performing piano concerts, often four-hands with his wife Irina, with whom he recorded a CD of music for piano four-hands in 2016.
A. Nevolovich has two daughters. The eldest, Marianne, is a pianist and teacher at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck, and the youngest, Nadja, is a violinist and professor of violin at the Köln-Aachen Conservatory of Music.
Arnold Nevolovitsch
- Main Channel
- 1. Blumenwiegenlied, 2. Vogelchor (aus Waldlieder) - Piano Duet 4 Hands
- Tango - piano duet - 4 Hands
- The Princess - Piano Duet - 4 hands
- Salonmusik - Piano Duet - 4 hands
- Drei russische Skizzen - Piano Duet - 4 hands
- Spring morning - piano duet - 4 hands
- Don't be sad - piano duet - 4 hands
- Silent Film - piano solo
- New Years Song - piano duet - 4 hands
- Postskriptum - piano duet - 4 hands
- Komm und spiel mit mir - Piano duet - 4 hands
- Werde Deines Lebens froh - piano duet - 4 hands
- Happy Train - Piano Duet - 4 hands
- Murka - Piano Duet - 4 hands
- Sonatina for piano 1st movement - piano solo
- From the musical "Mobb sie"
- Spiderman - Piano Solo
- Impromptu nostalgique - Violin Solo
- Best Friend - piano solo
- Songs for Forest - Piano Trio - six hands
- Happy Dreams - piano solo
- Cool Down - Piano Solo
- Suite "In the fairy kingdom" - Piano Duet - 4 hands
- The Princess (From "In the fairy Kingdom") - Piano Duo with orchestra
- The grotesque waltz - Violin Solo (with piano)
- Theatralische Skizzen für Klavier zu vier Händen - Piano Duet - 4 hands
- Sonatina for piano, 2nd and 3rd mov - Piano SOlo
- Auf dem Bauernhof, 10 Stücke für Klavier - Piano SOlo
- Sonate für Cello und Klavier 3.Satz - Cello Solo (+Piano)
- Presto - Piano Solo
- Liebesromanze from "Salonmusik" - Piano Duet - 4 hands
- Nocturne - Piano Duet - 4 hands
Arnold Nevolovitsch
Oleksandr Gonobolin
Ukraine
Oleksandr Gonobolin
Oleksandr Gonobolin
Oleksandr Gonobolin is a Ukrainian violinist, conductor, and composer.
He was born on November 27, 1953.
He is a People’s Artist of Ukraine, a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine, an Honorary Citizen of the city of Kherson, and a board member of the Kherson Community Charity Foundation “Zakhyst”.
He is the recipient of a diploma and gold medal from the French Academic Society ARTS-SCIENCES-LETTRES.
Gonobolin is a laureate of the Crossover Composition Award in Germany, recipient of the honorary Project Trio Award in the United States, and a two-time winner of the composers’ competition of the South Carolina Music Teachers Association.
In 1978, he graduated from the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, where he studied violin under Professor Olga Parkhomenko.
He has performed solo concerts in Ukraine, Georgia, Abkhazia, France, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and Israel, performing works by renowned composers as well as his own music.
Oleksandr Gonobolin has composed more than 400 works ranging from symphonic and chamber music to ensemble works, piano and string compositions, music for theatrical productions, and vocal works. He is also the author of numerous compositions for students of music schools.
Oleksandr Gonobolin
Oleg Plotnikov
Netherlands
Oleg Plotnikov
Oleg Plotnikov
OLEG PLOTNIKOV
(1950)
Born in Chelyabinsk, USSR.
Received an academic musical education. Graduated from the Chelyabinsk Music College. Studied violin and piano, theory, history of music and composition. Then graduated from the faculty of "Orchestra Management and Conducting" of the Chelyabinsk Institute of Culture.He began composing at the age of 11 and already at 15 the first arrangements for various ensembles and orchestras appeared. Since the early 70s, he began writing music for theater performances and television productions in the city of Chelyabinsk.
In the period 1975-1976, he worked as the head of the musical department at the Youth Theater in Chelyabinsk.
In 1978, at the invitation of the Chelyabinsk Philharmonic, he headed the ensemble "Ural Dixieland". Under the leadership of O. Plotnikov, the ensemble gained wide popularity in the Soviet Union and, since the early 80s, abroad, especially in Europe.
He performed alongside stars of European jazz at leading concert venues and many European jazz festivals. The famous Dutch recording company TIMELESS Record released a number of compact discs with recordings of "Uralsky All Stars".
Since 1992, he moved with his family to the Netherlands, where he continued his artistic, composing and teaching career.
In the last decade, O. Plotnikov has been working in the field of chamber instrumental and orchestral music. Collections of his works for piano "HOMMAGE" and "THE PLANETS", "Fantasy on a Theme by Mozart", prelude "Adiue, Frederic" (dedicated to Grigory Sokolov), "Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra" published in the period from 2019 to 2023 by MPI and "Composer of St. Petersburg" in Russia have received great recognition in different countries of the world.
In 2019 - 2023, O. Plotnikov was among the winners of the international composers' competition "Music of Immortal and Living Composers" (USA) and his music was performed several times at Carnegie Hall as part of the International Piano Competition.
In 2020, the composition "Planet Earth" from the "Planets" cycle entered the TOP-5 best piano works of the year on Moving Classic. TV.
O. Plotnikov is the author of the music for the ballet "Snowflake and Flower" based on the libretto by Evgeny Maslov (Israel), as well as the choral cycle "Conversation with an Angel".
In 2022, participating in the MALTA INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION, Oleg Plotnikov received a prize for the composition “Brezza di
Mare” for string quartet. At the same Competition in February 2025, Oleg received First Prize for the Sonate for Violin and Piano.
Larisa Voloshyna
Ukraine
Larisa Voloshyna
Larisa Voloshyna
Larysa Voloshyna is an outstanding Ukrainian composer, pedagogue, musicologist, and organizer of the festival movement, Honored Artist of Ukraine, and Chair of the Association of Music Theoretical Figures of the National All-Ukrainian Music Union. She was born in Zaporizhzhia and connected her life with music from early childhood. She received her professional musical education at the P. Maiboroda Zaporizhzhia State Music College and later obtained higher specialized musical education at the Zaporizhzhia State Music and Pedagogical Institute. Among her mentors were renowned Ukrainian composers and pedagogues such as O. I. Nosyk and I. K. Kovach. For more than 50 years, Larysa Voloshyna has been engaged in pedagogical and creative activity. During this time,
she has educated an entire generation of musicians - laureates of national and international competitions, as well as teachers and performers working both in Ukraine and abroad. Larysa Voloshyna is an authoritative figure in the Ukrainian musical community and a successor to the traditions of the national school of composition. She is the initiator and organizer of numerous concert programs, festivals, and competitions, and is regularly invited to serve on the jury of international music projects and competitions. The composer’s creative legacy includes more than 70 published collections of works for piano, violin, bandura, guitar, wind instruments, and voice. Her music is widely used in pedagogical and concert repertoire and is performed by young musicians in Ukraine and many countries
around the world. A special place in Larysa Voloshyna’s work is devoted to supporting young musicians, developing contemporary music education, and promoting Ukrainian musical culture on the international stage.
Larysa Voloshyna’s participation in the project Intercontinental Music Competition for Youth –European Stage • Vienna is an opportunity to introduce the younger generation of performers to contemporary Ukrainian musical culture and present it to an international audience.
Larisa Voloshyna
alexander rosenblatt
Russia
alexander rosenblatt
alexander rosenblatt
Alexander Rosenblat is a composer, arranger, and pianist.
From 1971 to 1975, he studied at the Preparatory School of the P.I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in the specialized piano class (under P.V. Messner). In 1982, he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory with degrees in two specializations: the Piano Department (under P.V. Messner) and the Theory and Composition Department (the first and only diploma in jazz piano at the Moscow State Conservatory, thesis advisor – J.K. Mikhailov).
From 1983 to 1992, he taught at the Gnesins School in the Pop and Jazz Department (jazz harmony, jazz ensemble, music history). Many of his students hold leading positions in the world of jazz.
Alexander Rosenblat has repeatedly conducted master classes in the USSR, Russia, and abroad (England, Germany, Estonia, Japan), and has served on the jury of competitions in the USSR, Russia, and other countries around the world.
As part of the Modern Piano Duo with Oleg Sinkin, he has performed in cities across Russia, England, Germany, Japan, and Estonia.
Alexander Rosenblat is a laureate of the 5th Tokyo Composers’ Competition (1999). He holds an exclusive contract with Schott Editions—one of the world’s three largest music publishers. To date, 40 works for piano, violin, clarinet, cello, and chamber ensembles have been published.
One of the most significant features of A. Rosenblat’s work is his composition of an entire series of “adult” pieces for young virtuoso pianists with small, still-developing hands (Jazzefina Waltz,Jazz Etude No. 8,Clementi Swings, etc.) The largest interval in these pieces is a seventh. The pieces are virtuosic, creative, and do not pose problems associated with excessive stretching, which often leads to stiffness and overuse of the hands. Many of these pieces have been published by Schott Edition (“8 Jazz-Style Etudes”,Suzhou Gardens,Jazzy Nutcracker).
As a composer, A. Rosenblat has collaborated with many well-known:
- performers (A. Shilkloper, N. Lugansky, N. Tokarev, S. Nakaryakov, K. Miller, Yuki Osaki, S. Russo, D. Clinton, S. Dogadin, D. Racer, E. Teplukhina, A. Figlin, S. Manukyan, B. Andrianov, F. Lips, S. Lips, Yo-Yo Ma, Horace Parlan, Red Mitchell, A. Davydyants, D. Kramer, and others);
- conductors (I. Golovchin, K. Krimets, S. Skripka, A. Rudin, A. Titov, Dm. Vasilyev, V. Spivakov, V. Zhuk, D. Stern, and others);
- orchestras (RNO, “Moscow Virtuosi,” NFOR, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Chamber Orchestra, the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Yaroslavl Provincial Orchestra, the Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Izmir, and Geneva (Camerata Venia) orchestras, the Ankara Orchestra, Oleg Lundstrem’s Big Band, and others).
Alexander Rosenblatt has written music commissioned by orchestras such as the “Moscow Virtuosi,” Camerata Venia, the State Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Chamber Orchestra (for the Mozart anniversary), the Samara Symphony Orchestra and Oleg Lundstrem’s Orchestra, the “Gnesin Virtuosi,” and the Vocal Band. A. Rosenblat’s compositions have been and continue to be released on many well-known record labels: Tri-M, Triton, Meridian, Sony Classical, Solo Musica, and Naxos.
Professional Development Courses:
- “Methodological Aspects of Piano Instruction in Music Schools, Children’s Music Schools, and Secondary Specialized Education Institutions” (Gnesin Moscow State Conservatory, 72 hours, November 16–25, 2023).
Total work experience: 37 years; professional experience in the field: 10 years.
alexander rosenblatt
- Main channel
- Rosenblat 'etude #5 - piano solo
- Etude #4 - piano solo
- Etude #8 - piano solo
- Etude #1 - piano solo
- Etude #7 - piano solo
- Etude #2 - piano solo
- Etude #3 - piano solo
- Jazzy Nutcracker (movements1,2,3) - piano solo
- Jazzy Nutcracker Mov.6 - piano solo
- Toccata-Boogie - piano solo
- There is no jazz without blues - piano solo
- Suzhou Gardens - piano solo
- Take Bebop - piano solo
- Nashville Barrel Waltz - piano solo
- Dreaming (Piano) - piano solo
- In latino Rhythms - piano duo
- Carmen Violin - violin solo
- Tango trio - violin & cello (+piano)
alexander rosenblatt
Ulrich Lehensteiner
Austria
Ulrich Lehensteiner
Ulrich Lehensteiner
Ulrich Lehensteiner (born 1996) is an Austrian composer with a wide-ranging catalogue of works, spanning everything from virtuosic solo piano pieces and chamber music to orchestral works including two symphonies and three solo concertos.
From 2015 to 2019, he studied composition under Rina Furano, where he developed a stylistic versatility reaching from contemporary concert music to music for digital media.
In the field of competition, he distinguished himself above all in 2024 as a four-time winner of the Bach International Music Competition (category: Composition).
He writes his music not only for the concert hall, but also for video games such as Mind Garden (released March 2026).
His internationally performed organ works — including Antistrauß, which can be heard today — have brought him repeated appearances on Austrian radio, and his piano piece Vivacity has also seen him perform live on television (ORF III).
He has been a recurring presence at concert series such as the Vienna Organ Concerts and the Long Night of Churches, and returns again in 2026 — this time with his piano concerto Tundra and his Concerto for Organ and Orchestra (in versions for both piano and organ)
Sérgio Azevedo
Portugal
Sérgio Azevedo
Sérgio Azevedo
Sérgio Azevedo was born in Coimbra in 1968. He studied with Fernando Lopes-Graça and later with Constança Capdeville at ESML, completing the Composition Course at that school with top marks.
He has won important national and international awards, including the “United Nations Prize”, the “Authors' Prize” (SPA) and the “DSCH Composition Prize – Shostakovich Ensemble”, and his works are regularly commissioned and performed by prestigious performers and orchestras, appearing on more than 60 CDs.
He has published 4 books: "The Invention of Sounds" (Caminho), "Olga Prats – A Singular Piano" (Bizâncio), "Christopher Bochmann: Without music, life would be a mistake" (OSJ) and "Everything you always wanted to know about Classical Music and were afraid to ask" (Levoir) and, since 1993, he has produced hundreds of programs for RTP – Antena 2, currently airing (2026) “Ao Sabor da Corrente”.
In 2021, he created an annual course on classical music at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and in 2026 and 2027 he will lead two online courses for the Público newspaper and another online course for the Xiquitsi project (Mozambique). He is frequently invited to comment on concerts and also has extensive experience in the field of music education. He has regularly served on various music juries, including, outside classical music, the presidency of the jury for the prestigious José Afonso Prize since 2010.
As a pianist, he has already given dozens of recitals in Portugal and abroad (Netherlands, Mozambique, France and the USA).
Sérgio Azevedo holds a PhD from the University of Minho and has been a professor at ESML since 1993, where he Coordinator of the Composition Course since the 2025-26 season.
His music is published by AVA – Musical Editions.
Sérgio Azevedo
- Main Channel
- Concerto for Piano and Strings nº1 - Piano with orchestra
- Concerto for Piano and Strings nº3 - Piano with orchestra
- Concerto for Piano and Strings nº7 - Piano with orchestra
- Variations upon a Portuguese Folk Tune - Piano with orchestra
- A selection of 53 pieces for children - piano solo
- CD “Viagens Imaginárias” (Imaginary Voyages – integral of music for piano 4 hands for children, 4 cycles) - Piano Duet - 4 hands
David Holleber
Germany
David Holleber
David Holleber
David Holleber is a versatile German pianist, composer, and educator whose artistic identity is deeply rooted in genre-crossing improvisation and innovative pedagogical concepts. He studied composition and piano under the guidance of renowned mentors such as Sidney Corbett and Ákos Hernádi.
Since 2019, David has been teaching artistic piano, improvisation, and music theory at the Justus Liebig University Gießen. His practical teaching approach is highly informed by his extensive experience as a choir and ensemble conductor as well as his work as a high school music teacher.
As a performer and composer, David bridges the gap between traditional craftsmanship and modern media. His artistic output ranges from classical chamber music—such as his award-winning string quartet "Hel"—to evening-length solo improvisations and digital sound assets for the game design market. His pedagogical compositions, notably the Schwarzwald-Suite for six hands, are designed to ignite a passion for collaborative music-making in young pianists by blending piano performance with modern electronic and orchestral textures.
Pavel Zakharov
Ukraine
Pavel Zakharov
Pavel Zakharov
Pavel Borisovich Zakharov (b. 1959, Odesa, Ukraine) began his musical education at the age of six, studying piano at a music school before continuing at the K. F. Dankevych Odesa Music College. From 1977 to 1983, he studied composition at the A. V. Nezhdanova Odesa State Conservatory under the guidance of the renowned composer and pedagogue Igor Asseev.
Already during his student years, Zakharov became a laureate of All-Union and All-Ukrainian Young Composers’ Competitions. Throughout his studies and subsequent career, he has composed works in a wide variety of genres, including string quartets, chamber music, a Piano Concerto, and organ works. His organ compositions have been performed in concert halls around the world and recorded on CD by the distinguished organist Valery Rubacha (Norway) for the British label OLYMPIA.
In addition, Zakharov has written numerous songs for children’s choirs and soloists and became a laureate of the All-Ukrainian Children’s Song Competition.
Throughout his creative career, he has maintained a strong focus on piano music, composing extensively for solo piano, piano duets, four-hand and six-hand piano ensembles, as well as creating a significant number of piano transcriptions. Many of his works have been published by music publishers in various countries.
In recent years, three volumes of his author collections Piano Music for Children and Youth have been published, along with the first and second volumes of a new series entitled Walks on the Keys.
In May 2018, the International Piano Competition Bravo Maestro! was held in Kyiv and dedicated entirely to the music of Pavel Zakharov.
His works have become firmly established in the repertoire of students at music schools, colleges, and conservatories. They are regularly performed at competitions and concert venues in many countries and have received international recognition.
Among Pavel Zakharov's most popular works are:
- The Adventures of a Cat – for piano solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbGyKolJnoA - Toccata-Prelude on Themes by J. S. Bach – for piano solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhBWfrjh86o - Waltz-Intermezzo – for piano solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpCbEHM74S0 - Tarantella – for piano solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX04wx1RldU - Burlesque (after N. Paganini) – for piano solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82xQJihlLUI - The Tightrope Walkers – for piano solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYCF4B_Dni0 - Romance – for piano solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9eyZNAvKZE - Concert Fantasy on the Theme "Shchedryk" – for piano solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq5jn1XHUdU - The Sea and Jazz – for piano four hands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt7YNx2R4lc - Bach Plays Libertango – for piano four hands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byx-4cMOwbA - Dancing in the Rain – for piano four hands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S77fssVfds
Pavel Zakharov currently lives and works in Odesa, Ukraine.
Pavel Zakharov
Irina Mints
Germany
Irina Mints
Irina Mints
Irina Mints is a concert pianist, international piano educator, founder of the “Hello, Piano!” method,
and Artistic Director of the Intercontinental Music Competition – European Stage • Vienna.
She began composing while developing her own piano method for beginners. Her first original works
were created as part of the Hello Piano series; however, composition gradually became an
independent and important part of her creative activity.
As her students progressed, her compositional repertoire expanded. She created Variations on a
Theme by Paganini for the first year of study, Bach Variations – Colours of Nature for students in
their first and second years, and Surprise Variations, inspired by Haydn’s Surprise Symphony, for
students in their third and fourth years of study.
The works of Irina Mints are vivid compositions in which artistic content and pedagogical ideas exist
in close unity.
The variation form occupies a special place in her creative work. Her music is distinguished by a
richness of imagery, a variety of characters, and a deep sensitivity to the world of the child, while
maintaining artistic expressiveness and concert potential.
Many of Irina Mints’ works are performed at concerts, competitions, and festivals in different
countries around the world. Some exist not only as solo piano works, but also in four-hand versions
and orchestral arrangements, significantly expanding their concert possibilities.
Irina Mints also collaborates with composer Alexander Peskanov (USA), creating concert four-hand
versions of his works. Some of these arrangements, as well as her own original variations, are also
available in orchestral versions and may be performed with orchestra.
Irina Mints
- Variations on a theme of Bach - piano solo
- Surprise Variations - piano solo
- "Sweet Memories" from HelloPiano 1
- Fantasie"Little Angel" - Piano Duet - 4 Hands
- Ukranian "Vesnjanka" from "Musik of our world" by A.Peskanov/ arr.I.Mints - Piano Duet - 4 Hands
- "Poigine Grainier "- 4 hands Arrangement & Additional Part by I.Mints / Solo- A.Peskanov - Piano Duet - 4 Hands
- "Hello, Paganini "Variations on the Theme of Paganini by Irina Mints - Piano Duet/Piano with Orchestra
Irina Stepanova-Borovskaya
Ukraine
Irina Stepanova-Borovskaya
Irina Stepanova-Borovskaya
Iryna Stepanova-Borovska (born December 17, 1949, in Vilkove, Izmail District, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian composer, pianist, music educator, publisher, and cultural activist whose lifelong work has been dedicated to the development of young musicians and the promotion of musical creativity.
She is the Chief Composer of the International Literary and Artistic Society Svitanok Horizons (Kyiv), as well as the founder and director of the International Svitanok School of Musical Creativity in Mykolaiv.
Stepanova-Borovska received her musical education at the M. Chemberji Music School in Izmail, the Odessa Music College, and the Odessa Conservatory, where she studied with Professor Gedeon Izrailevich Leizerovich, a student of Konstantin Igumnov.
She has worked at Children’s Music School No. 2 in Mykolaiv, where she has inspired generations of young musicians through teaching and mentorship.
As a composer, she has created nearly 500 works for piano, violin, voice, and flute. Her catalogue includes 31 published collections for students of music schools, colleges, and conservatories. Her music is regularly performed by students and professional musicians in Ukraine and internationally, including in Spain, England, Denmark, Mexico, and the United States.
In recognition of her cultural contribution, she was awarded the Order of Cultural Diplomacy.
Jana Andreevska
North macedonia
Jana Andreevska
Jana Andreevska
Jana Andreevska (born 1967, Skopje) is a contemporary composer, professor, and artistic director in the world of contemporary classical music. She is the first female Macedonian composer and one of the most internationally performed Macedonian composers. She has been on the teaching staff of the Theory and Composition Department at the Faculty of Music in Skopje since 1995, and has also given lectures at many renowned universities and music conservatories in Europe and the USA. Her music is performed and commissioned throughout Europe and has been published on CDs by SOKOM, Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik, Peer Music, and Zefir Records. Jana Andreevska is an active member of many professional organizations in her country and abroad. From 2019 to 2022 she was Vice President of the ECF and a board member of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance. From 2008 to 2019 she directed the festival “Days of Macedonian Music”. Her other interests include painting and translating fiction and articles on music from English and French into Macedonian.
Jana Andreevska
Oxana Krut
Germany
Oxana Krut
Oxana Krut
Oxana Krut was born in 1971 in Zaporozhye (Ukraine). She graduated with honors from the Music Academy in Odessa (Ukraine). She has lived with her family in Germany since 2002 and is a freelance piano teacher and a composer. Her works for piano are popular worldwide and can be heard at various German and international piano competitions.
Vitalij Neugasimov
Lithuania
Vitalij Neugasimov
Vitalij Neugasimov was born in 1978 in Kaunas, Lithuania. He studied piano at the B. Dvarionas Music School (class of A. Velichka), then at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. He earned a bachelor’s degree in organ (class of Prof. L. Digris) and a master’s degree in piano (class of Assoc. Prof. S. Okrushko).
From 1999 to 2012, he taught at the “Liepaitės” choral school, where he headed the jazz department for a long time.
From 2006 to 2017, he led the a cappella vocal ensemble “Quorum.” He has participated in various TV programs and competitions, such as “The Voice of Lithuania” (as a consultant to one of the teachers), “Battle of the Choirs” (as artistic director and “general” of one of the choirs), and the “Towers of Vilnius” song contest (as the composer of the winning song). He has performed as a pianist, harpsichordist, organist, and singer with various ensembles. He has collaborated with many well-known musicians and ensembles in Lithuania. He has toured in Poland, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ukraine, and Moldova.
At the same time, he worked on arranging and composing. Vitalijus’s arrangements for choirs and vocal ensembles are very popular not only in Lithuania but also abroad. His works for piano are published by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) and Oxford University Press (OUP).
Vitalij Neugasimov
Vitalij Neugasimov
Tetiana Afanasenko
Ukraine
Tetiana Afanasenko
Tetiana Afanasenko
Afanasenko Tetiana Volodymyrivna is a pianist, piano teacher, Candidate of Study of Art, arranger and author of original piano works for children and youth. She was born in Dnipro in the family of conductor Volodymyr Ovcharov and bandurist Svitlana Ovcharova. During 2000-2005 she studied at the Dnipro Music College at the speciality «Musical Art/Piano». While studying at the college, she repeatedly took part in competitions, including the All-Ukrainian Competition in Memory of G. G. Neuhaus in Kirovograd (now Kropyvnytskyi) in 2003.
During 2005-2010 Tetiana studied at the Ukrainian National Academy of Music at the speciality «Musical Art/Piano» in the class of the outstanding pianist, prof. T. O. Roshchina. In 2006 she won the Grand Prix at the International Competition «Art of the 21st Century» (Vorzel). She attended the summer studies in the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow taught by the famous harpsichordist Elzbieta Stefanska. In 2006 and 2007 she attended master classes of prof. José Ribera in Vide-Sende in Denmark. In 2010 she graduated with the Master's degree from the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music and became a researcher at the Department of Interpretation (scientific supervisor - B. Y. Stronko). In 2015, she defended her thesis on "The timbrecoloring Palette in the Piano Works by Olivier Messiaen" and received a PhD degree.
From 2008 to 2016 Tetiana worked as a teacher at the Kyiv Children's Academy ofArts named after M. I. Chemberji and accompanist at the Boys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University. She also worked as a teacher at the Academy of Contemporary Education At. In 2017 she worked at the Shilla Hotel on Jeju Island (South Korea) as a concert performer.
Since 2020 the author has focused on teaching and publishing collections for piano with original works and numerous arrangements. The composer's heritage includes 23 collections, plenty original works and more than 100 arrangements of famous pieces and songs. As composer Tetiana took part in the Competition for the Award of the V. S. Kosenko Prize in 2023 in the nomination "Musical Works for Children and Youth"
Tetiana Afanasenko
- Beginners solo - Three pumpkins
- Beginners solo - Pianoland 1
- Beginners solo - 20 cool etudes for beginners
- Beginners solo - Vyshyvanka
- Intermediate solo - Etude "Magic Forest"
- Intermediate solo - Etude "Sea"
- Intermediate solo - Melody for Melody
- Intermediate solo - Rondo "Snow Games"
- Intermediate solo - Children's catalog of birds
- Intermediate solo - "Jazz inventions" / Book 1
- Intermediate solo - Pianoland 2
- Intermediate solo - Pianoland 3
- Intermediate solo - "Fantasy on Carol of the Bells"
- Intermediate solo - Windchimes
- Advanced Solo - "Regia Caeli" / "Queen of Heaven"
- Advanced Solo - The cycle "Three Haiku" inspired by the poetry of Japanese poets
- Beginners Duet - Three pumpkins - 4 Hands
- “My petrykivka” – Piano Solo Intermediate
- “Oh, in the Grove by the Dunabe” – solo for intermediate
- “Song of the rain” – piano solo intermediate
- “Sun in the snow” – piano solo intemediate
- Etude “Cola shake” – piano solo intemediate
- Variations on the “Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter movie – piano solo intermediate
- “Dance at Down” – concert etude for intermediate level – piano solo intemediate
- The Capital Fontains – concert etude for advanced level
Jakub Metelka
Czech Republic
Jakub Metelka
Jakub Metelka
Jakub Metelka is a Czech pianist, teacher, and composer, born in 1986 in what was then Czechoslovakia. He began studying piano at the age of six, and by fifteen was admitted to Prague Conservatoire, where he studied under František Maxián.
In 2002, he won first prize as the absolute winner of the 37th Concertino Praga.
From 2007 to 2014, he taught piano at music schools in Prague, working with students of various ages and levels. Since 2015, he has focused primarily on composing original piano music.
Among his notable works are Illusions – 10 Piano Pieces and Three Studies for Piano (2015). In 2016, he completed a collection of thirty piano miniatures titled Children’s Piano Book, later published in March 2019 as Modern Piano Studies by Bärenreiter. In 2017, he composed Little Virtuoso, a set of ten piano exercises, later released in an expanded fifteen-piece edition in March 2021.
In September 2023, Bärenreiter published his piano album The Secret Garden, followed recently by his newest book, Puppet Theatre.
Currently, Jakub Metelka teaches at a music school in Žirovnice, where he continues to share his passion for piano and composition with young musicians.
Dmitri Negrimovski
France
Dmitri Negrimovski
Dmitri Negrimovski
Dmitri Negrimovski, a composer, pianist, and piano teacher of Russian origin, has developed for more than thirty years a rich body of work shaped by a deep collaborative spirit and artistic sensitivity.
In the 1980s, he established himself as a composer of musical theatre works at the Academic Youth Theatre of Rostov-on-Don, where he created several successful productions: The Dogs (Sobaki, 1987) and Treasure Island (1988), performed more than 500 times across the USSR, France, Germany, Mexico, Japan, and Turkey. He later composed Pugachev, a rock opera (1993), and Captain Blood’s Ocean (1997), reflecting an aesthetic that blends popular music, classical writing, and theatrical storytelling.
In France, where he has lived since 1993, Dmitri Negrimovski has collaborated with numerous vocal ensembles as accompanist and arranger, including the Choir of the University of Le Mans, the Sarthe Departmental Choir, and the choir Résonance. His broad knowledge of repertoire and refined listening skills have made him a highly valued musical partner.
In 1999, he composed the music for the documentary film The Mysteries of the Storm, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, for which he received the TEFI Award in Moscow. In the same year, he also wrote the soundtrack for the television series The Swallow.
Between 2015 and 2017, he composed and published two books of piano pieces for young pianists, Stories of Trees, released by Alfred Music.
Actively engaged in contemporary creation, he has worked closely with the theatre company L’Arsenal d’Apparitions, composing music for Pasolini Musica (2017), Pandora. The First Woman (2022), and other productions combining theatre, voice, and soundscapes.
His collaboration with violinist Svetlana Rogovtsova led to the creation of two narrative concert projects, Separation (2017) and Consolation (2022), premiered together with soprano Diana Higbee and mezzo-soprano Sacha Hatala, where chamber music and dramatic poetry intertwine.
Alongside these projects, he has composed more than one hundred original songs based on texts by Russian and European poets such as Igor Severyanin, Charles Baudelaire, Sergei Yesenin, Laurence, and others, continuing an artistic path deeply rooted in literature and human expression.
Velislava Franta
Bulgaria
Velislava Franta
Velislava Franta
Velislava Franta is a native of Bulgaria. She started piano lessons at the age of six and graduated with a degree in Music History from the National Music Academy in Sofia. She started composing for piano in 2020. Her piano pieces are melodic and expressive, influenced by film music.
Riine Pajusaar
Estonia
Riine Pajusaar (b.
Riine Pajusaar
Riine Pajusaar
- The Giraffe Learns to Dance (2007) - 20 piano pieces for children by Riine Pajusaar
- The Tale of the Little Rain - 15 piano pieces for children by Riine Pajusaar
- Funny Piano Pictures (2015) - 16 piano pieces for children by
- Twelve Months (2020) - 12 piano pieces for children
- Book Characters (2024) - 12 piano pieces for children
- Ball in the Haunted Castle (2026) - 5 piano pieces for four hands
Riine Pajusaar
Marina Trembovleva
Ukraine
Marina Trembovleva
Marina Trembovleva
Marina Trembovleva is a senior teacher in the special piano department at the Kharkiv State Music Lyceum and a laureate of the Jean-Philippe Rameau International Competition (France).
She graduated from the Kharkiv Secondary Specialized Music Boarding School (now Kharkiv State Music Lyceum) and the Kharkiv Institute of Arts (now Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts) in the class of S. Polusmiak.
She completed an internship in the class of Professor Thérèse Dussaut (France). Teaching experience: more than 20 years. She gives lectures and master classes, publishes methodological articles, and organizes creative projects (including international ones), and heads the Charitable Foundation “Art Unites the World”. Her students are winners of numerous Ukrainian and international competitions.
Dimitri Arnauts
Belgium
Dimitri Arnauts
Dimitri Arnauts
Dimitri Arnauts (b. 1973, Brussels) is a Belgian composer whose work seeks to uplift and resonate with the human spirit through the reaffirmed and living languages of melody, harmony, polyphony, and counterpoint. Deeply influenced by the vocal and sacred music of Johann Sebastian Bach, his music seeks to reconcile structural necessity with emotional and spiritual intensity. Rooted in the Western tonal tradition, his music unfolds as a space where emotional truth, spiritual depth, and formal clarity converge.
His artistic path emerged through a decisive shift from scientific studies toward music, following formative years as a tenor and baritone chorister. Immersed in the vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach—cantatas, passions, masses, and oratorios—this experience became a lasting foundation for his compositional voice. He regards himself, with humility, as a devoted and ever-learning disciple of Bach’s musical and spiritual legacy.
Since 2001, Arnauts has developed an extensive and diverse body of work encompassing operas, cantatas, psalms, masses, oratorios, symphonic poems, concertos, chamber music, art songs, and scores for film and animation. His catalogue currently includes over 1,300 multi-movement works, alongside several hundred additional pieces in progress, reflecting a sustained and prolific creative impulse.
Working as an autodidact through independent research and practice, he has deliberately chosen a path of artistic freedom—guided not by academic systems, but by intuition, conscience, and an inner sense of necessity. His music aspires to embrace the full spectrum of human experience: the dreams voiced, the suffering endured, and the hopes upheld across our shared humanity.
Committed to serving ideals of Goodness, Truth, and Beauty, Arnauts conceives composition as both a craft and a calling. His approach to tonal harmony and counterpoint is not retrospective, but regenerative—seeking to renew their expressive potential within a contemporary sensibility.
Alongside his concert works, he has produced a substantial body of recordings and multimedia collaborations, engaging with artists across disciplines and cultures. His music has been performed internationally and recognized in various artistic contexts, reflecting an ongoing dialogue between tradition, individuality, and the universal language of sound - receiving recognition in international competitions, including the Igor Stravinsky International Music Competition (2025, RU), the 2020 Classical Music Digital Awards (2020, UK), as well as other distinctions in digital and vocal music awards.
Dimitri Arnauts
Damien Guille
France
Damien Guille
Damien Guille
Damien Guille (b. 1976) is a French pianist, pedagogue, and composer, whose work is dedicated to inspiring young musicians through accessible and expressive piano repertoire. A state-certified piano teacher with over 30 years of experience, he has developed a deep understanding of the educational and artistic needs of developing pianists.
Alongside his teaching career, he has been actively engaged as an accompanist for several choirs in southwestern France, enriching his musical language through close work with vocal ensembles.
As a composer, Damien Guille focuses on pedagogical piano works that combine musicality with technical development. His compositions are published by Éditions Henry Lemoine (Paris) and are appreciated for their clarity, charm, and educational value.
His artistic mission is to support young pianists in their musical journey by offering repertoire that is both inspiring and thoughtfully crafted for learning and performance.
yury Revich
Austria
yury Revich
yury Revich
Yury Revich is an Austrian Stradivarius violinist and composer, internationally acclaimed for his distinctive artistic voice, innovation, and musical depth. A winner of the ECHO Klassik Award and the International Classical Music Award, his 2021 recording of Saint-Georges’ concertos reached the US Billboard Top 100 Classical Chart.
He has performed in major concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, La Scala in Milan, Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Berlin Philharmonie, BOZAR Brussels, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, and the Tonhalle Zurich.
He is an honorary representative of UNICEF Austria.
Yury’s music spans classical and neoclassical styles as well as cinematic and electronic genres. He wrote his first compositions as a child (cadenzas), and today he creates large-scale works, including:
- Symphony No. 1 “Kaleidoscope”, world premiere in London (2023)
- Violin Concerto “Awakening”, world premiere in Salzburg (2022)
- EP “OLARIO”, world premiere at Salle Pleyel, Paris (2024)
- “UNITY” at the Vienna Musikverein (Golden Hall) – a work for choir, piano trio, and solo violin (2023)
- World Expo Dubai – Main Stage, composer/director (2021)
- Works for the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Munich Symphony Orchestra
- Commissioned works for the Liszt Festival, Grafenegg, and UN Earth Day
His music is regularly featured in international films, art festivals, and on streaming platforms. In 2021, he co-wrote a piece with Michael Schulte and YouNotUs (Top 20 in the German charts).
Yury’s recordings have been heard in Netflix’s “Bridgerton”, projects by the UN Environment Programme, UNICEF, and various soundtracks. He has composed film scores for Oscar nominee Oren Moverman, Colin Vaines, and Quentin Delcourt.
The next premiere of his original symphonic composition OCEAN will take place in Carnegie Hall in New York in november 2026.
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Timothy Brown
USA
Timothy Brown
Timothy Brown
Award-winning American composer Timothy Brown is one of the most popular and widely performed composers for the piano of his generation. His music has been influenced greatly by the Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Timothy’s music is noted for its “immediate emotional impact” and its roots in the neo-romantic style of music composition. He has embedded traditional formal structural elements in his wide array of music compositions which includes orchestral, ballet, choral, and chamber works, and over four hundred publications written specifically for the piano for “pedagogical purposes.” He was born in Middletown, Ohio and his early piano and music theory studies were with Rebecca Shoup Willhide. His undergraduate studies were at Bowling Green State University, and he later received his master’s degree from the University of North Texas where he studied piano with Adam Wodnicki and music composition with Newel Kay Brown. His studies continued as a recipient of a research fellowship from the Royal Holloway, University of London, where he pursued his post-graduate studies in music composition and orchestration with the English composer, Brian Lock. He later continued his research at the well-known Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Foundation in Rome, Italy.
Early in his career, Timothy was awarded the first prize at the (2000) Alienor International Harpsichord Composition Competition (Centaur Records). His world premieres have included commissions by The Daniel Pearl Music Foundation, The Music Teachers National Association Collaborative Composer Commission (2015), The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education, and The Carter Albrecht Foundation. Through an artistic partnership with “the balletfoundation for the XXI Century,” he has received five commissions for contemporary works for dance including the staging of “three contemporary ballets” including “The Happy Prince” which is based on the writings of Oscar Wilde. His music has been showcased at numerous venues throughout North America and Europe including the Mozarthaus Vienna, Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, the “Library of Congress Concert Series” in Washington D.C., the Spoleto Music Festival, the Chapman University Symphony and Chorus and the “American Composer Series Performances” held in Rochester, New York in 2022.
His recent new works include his woodwind sextet “Camp Speicher” which was chosen as a finalist in the 2021 “American Prize Competition”. His “Babi Yar: A Sonata for Piano in Three Movements” also received its world premiere the following year from the Korean Concert Pianist, Hwa Jung Lee. In 2023, Timothy Brown completed his newest Piano Concerto “The Baku Concerto for Piano and Orchestra” in dedication to the Azerbaijani composer, Jevdet Hajiyev. Timothy Brown is an exclusive composer/clinician for The FJH Music Company Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
“The piano has always been the soul of my being as a composer. The instrument needs to express my intent as a composer in both a dramatic and poetic manner. For this reason, I have always chosen the Shigeru Kawai.”
Timothy Brown, Shigeru Kawai Artist
Alexander Peskanov
USA
Alexander Peskanov
Alexander Peskanov
Alexander Peskanov was born in Odessa, Ukraine, where he attended the Stoliarsky School of Music. Peskanov is a composer of numerous works, but has mainly focused on music involving the piano. Peskanov has written 16 piano concertos, including 13 for young pianists of different levels. His Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Strings was selected for use by the National Federation of Music Clubs between 2004 and 2020 as well as his Spring Concerto for 2016 - 2020. Mr. Peskanov has been awarded 1st Prize at 2017 Fidelio Composer's Competition in Madrid, Spain. Peskanov has recorded for Naxos Record’s American Classics series and Musical Heritage Society. He is the recipient of three special ASCAP awards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Peskanov
Catherine rollin
usa
Catherine rollin
Catherine rollin
Catherine Rollin is a pianist, composer, clinician, author and dedicated teacher. Her more than 450 published pedagogical compositions are recognized worldwide for their combination of musicality and "teachability." As a clinician, Catherine has given over 350 workshops and masterclasses throughout the U.S., Canada, Japan and Taiwan. Her efforts as a composer, clinician and author are an outgrowth of her central passion for teaching. Finding the answers to help her students develop artistic, relaxed and confident technical skills led Catherine to insights featured in her ground breaking series, "Pathways to Artistry." Catherine's ASCAP award winning books, "Museum Masterpieces" feature her original piano works inspired by great art masterpieces from museums around the world. Catherine wrote this series after seeing how her students' creativity was sparked by artwork imagery. She is also the co-author of the 2011 edition of the highly regarded college text, "Creative Piano Teaching." As of 2023, Catherine officially launched her own publishing company: Catherine Rollin Music with the publication of “Museum Masterpieces: The Premier Exhibition followed by “Museum Masterpieces: Celebrating Women Artists Through the Ages” Books 1 and 2 and as of March of 2026 release her latest book - “Museum Masterpieces: The Joy of Music, Dance and Art.”
Catherine has received numerous commissions from state and local associations as well as Clavier Magazine and from the Music Teachers National Association. (MTNA). In 2018 "Suite Detroit" her MTNA commissioned trio for flute, alto saxophone and piano, was premiered at the MTNA Conference in Orlando, FL.. Catherine has been honored to have her works featured on the National Federation of Music (NFMC )Clubs Festival Bulletin in the solo, duet, concerto, one hand and Patriotic categories. Among her numerous works on the current NFMC Bulletin are pieces from her newest 4 books published by Catherine Rollin Music. Additionally, Catherine has been honored to have her works featured on lists of the Trinity Exams based in England, the ABRSM Exams in the U.K. and the Royal Conservatory in Canada. Her two concertos, "Concerto Romantique" and "Concerto in C" are published in 2 piano form and also have full orchestrations available. The concertos have been performed with piano and orchestra in the U.S., Canada, Ukraine, Thailand, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Israel and S. Africa. A great thrill for Catherine was having her “Concerto Romantique” performed with piano soloist and orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
Catherine’s students have won many honors. Among these are national finalists in solo piano, duet and composition competitions of the MTNA. One of Catherine’s students had the honor of being an MTNA national finalist in the Junior Division for four consecutive years from 2023 -2026. He received second place nationally twice as well as receiving the Chopin Foundation Prize for three consecutive years. Among the National Federation of Music Clubs ( NFMC) prizes her students have won recently are the: National Thelma Byrum Award (first place pianist in 2023) Caldwell (2nd place 2025) and Whitehurst ( 2nd place 2026) Competition and the prestigious Stillman Kelley prize in 2026.
Catherine received her principle training with Detroit Symphony pianist, Mischa Kottler, a disciple of von Sauer and Cortot. While still in high school, her interest in Baroque performance practice led her to study harpsichord for two summers with the world renowned harpsichordist, Dorothy Lane at Northwestern University. Rollin holds the BMA degree with distinction from U. of Michigan and the MM from Oakland University where she was the recipient of the distinguished alumni award.
Solo Repertoire:
Books from Catherine Rollin Music - Available at catherinerollinmusic.com
Each book is listed below with the level indicated: These music below represents Catherine’s latest music - all published since 2023. Several pieces have been already been selected for prestigious competition lists including all 4 books.
All of the music can be heard on Catherine’s website, (catherinerollinmusic.com) by clicking on the individual title. Or going to Catherine’s Youtube channel and/or searching youtube for performances.
Museum Masterpieces: Celebrating Women Artists Through the Ages Bk 1 9 pieces
All 9 pieces are also available in individual digital downloads. (Late Elementary through Intermedia)
Museum Masterpieces: Celebrating Women Artists Through the Ages Bk 2 7 pieces
All 7 pieces are also available in individual digital downloads. (Intermediate - Late Int.)
Museum Masterpieces: The Joy of Music, Dance and Art 8 pieces
All 8 pieces are also available in individual digital downloads. (intermediate to early adv.)
Museum Masterpieces: The Premier Exhibition 6 pieces
All 6 pieces are also available in individual digital downloads. (Late intermediate to early adv.)
Sheet Music only available in individual digital downloads
Early elementary: Mountain Stream in Summer (optional duet)
Late elementary: Broadway Boogie Woogie; Make it Jazzy (optional duet) The Smiling Spider;
Intermediate : Falling Leaves
Alfred Music featuring favorites works of Catherine Rollin from https://www.alfred.com/
Early elementary- late elementary:
Bean Bag Zoo Bk 1 Bean Bag Zoo Bk 2 and Bean Bag Zoo Bk A ( books 1 and 2 are also available as downloads) Book A, every piece has an optional duet and in addition to hard copy is available in Alfred’s Make Music Cloud
Early elementary- late intermediate
Catherine Rollin Favorite Solos Bk 1, 2,3 -compilations of individual sheet music (book 1 available in digital download)
Museum Masterpieces Books A (with optional duet parts ) and B and 1-4 ( are also available in digital download)
Jazz a little, jazz a lot books 1-3
Jazz Menagerie, books 1 and 2. (Bk 1 available in digital download)
Intermediate:
Spotlight on Style Collection combines Baroque, Classical, Romantic and impressionist style books. Also available as individual books
Early intermediate - Late intermediate
Sounds of Spain Bks 1-4 features popular pieces included on many competition lists. (books 2,3 and 4 available in digital download)
Dancing on the Keys Bks: 1,2,3 (featuring Waltzes, Tangoes, Mazurka, Tarantella, Cha-Cha, etc. Bks. 1and 2 available in digital downloads.
Preludes for Piano Books 1,2,3 or Complete -featuring short pieces in a Contemporary Romantic Style - that develop lyricism and technique and fluidity. (bk 3 available in digital download)
Lyric Moments Books 1,2,3 or Complete (contains 1,2,3) Lyric Moments features music that has been choices of ABRSM and RCM exams . A favorite with students of all ages. Book 2 (featuring ABRSM AND RCM - Love Theme) is available in individual digital downloads or complete download of that book) Alfred.
Catherine Rollin Two Pianos: Concertos Intermediate
Concerto in C (available in hard copy and digital download)
Concerto Romantique (available in hard copy and digital download)
Both of these concertos have been featured on prestigious competition lists and performed with orchestra in major venues including Carnegie Hall.
Duets - collections: early intermediate - later intermediate.
Dances for Two Books 1, 2, and 3. All three of these popular duet books are currently represented widely on competition lists. They are available in hard copy and all three books are available in digital download.
Nutcracker Suite for Two In hard copy and all 8 pieces in this book are available in individual downloads. Remaining true to Tchaikovsky’s harmonies, these duets can be played year round for duet lovers.
Individual Duet Sheets
Celebration Overture; The Grand Finale; Valse Sentimental à Deux; Carnival for Two; Eiffel Tower Waltz, Winter Story, available in hard copy sheet music or digital downloads.
Christopher Siu
Canada
Christopher Siu
Christopher Siu
Christopher Siu is an award-winning composer & songwriter, arranger, educator, adjudicator, and classically-trained pianist & accompanist. As a soloist, Chris' classical piano upbringing resulted in numerous top awards and grand prizes at competitions across Canada and the United States. Achieving his ARCT Diploma with Distinction at the age of 14, Chris has had the opportunity to perform in Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall and the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, as well as on Glenn Gould's own piano and with the NYCO Symphony Orchestra. Chris is also an active collaborative pianist, and enjoys adjudicating at various festivals each year, sharing his insight and experience through an active and encouraging approach.
As a composer and orchestrator, Chris has had the pleasure of working alongside some of the most talented musicians around the world, including Tina Guo (Hans Zimmer Live), Anne-Kathrin Dern (The Claus Family), and David Wise (Donkey Kong Country). His music has been performed in prestigious venues around the world, including Toronto's Steinway Gallery, The Royal Conservatory of Music, the Kammermusiksaal of the Philharmonie in Berlin, and by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra in Hungary.
A few of his credits include original music for Hallmark's 'Her Pen Pal', along with the Dark Dice series (winning 'Best Original Score' at the 2022 Signal Awards). In addition, Chris' first Symphonina (a symphony spanning approximately 10 minutes) was selected as the winner of the '2025 Best Symphonina of the Year Composer Competition', while a standout performance of his song 'Nothing's Impossible' earned first prize in the 2026 Provincial Finals at the Ontario Music Festivals Association (OMFA).
As an educator, Chris is committed to empowering composers to produce incredible orchestral music. He is also committed to pedagogy, and writing music that is not only enjoyable to play and perform, but resonates with people on a deep emotional level.
Christopher Siu
Dennis Alexander
USA
Dennis Alexander
Dennis Alexander
Dennis Alexander began his affiliation with Alfred Music Publishing in 1986. Mr. Alexander over 450 publications and recordings created with Alfred have earned him an international reputation as one of the world’s most prolific and popular composers of educational piano music for students at all levels.
Professor Alexander retired from his position at the University of Montana in May 1996 where he taught piano and piano pedagogy for 24 years. Upon moving to California, he taught privately in addition to serving on the faculties of Cal State Fullerton and Cal State
Northridge. He currently lives in Albuquerque, NM where he maintains an active composing and touring schedule for Alfred Music Publishing. In August of 2015, he was awarded a “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy in recognition of his extraordinary service to the music teaching profession. His two books of
“Nocturnes for Piano” also received the prestigious MTNA/Frances Clark Pedagogy Award.
Mr. Alexander’s personal website, www.DennisAlexander.com , has become a favorite with piano teachers and features recordings, videos, teaching tips, and much more!
Melody bober
usa
Melody bober
Melody bober
As a composer, Melody Bober enjoys creating motivational piano pieces that foster her students' understanding and love of music.
Melody graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana with a bachelor's degree in music education. She later received a Master of Arts degree in piano performance from Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Melody credits much of her success to her influential teachers who include Joel Shapiro and Andrew Froelich (piano), Mary Hoffman (music education), and Tony Caramia (jazz).
An active church pianist and accompanist, Melody has also held the position of church music director. In addition to teaching piano in her private studio, Melody's music-teaching experience includes 20 years of public school and two years at the university level.
A dynamic clinician and innovative composer, Melody is in great demand at conventions and workshops for piano teachers across North America. She resides in Minnesota with her husband Jeff.
Olga Alino
USA
Olga Alino
Olga Alino
Dr. Olga Alino was born into a family of distinguished Russian musicians. She got her professional education at Piano Performance and Pedagogy at Voronezh State Academy of Arts and Moscow State Conservatory.
In 2003 Dr. Alino moved to the USA where she founded the Masters Institute of Music.
Dr. Olga Alino has been judged many International Competitions, such as Crescendo, Little Mozarts, APEX, BMTG, Red Maple, and others. She got the Best Teacher Award from AADGT and Crescendo International Competitions that she received at the legendary Carnegie Hall.
In 2022 Dr. Alino started composing her own music for piano, there is a set of Etude-Tableaux, an Album for the Young among them as well as miscellaneous pieces and Variation sets. Her style preferences have spread from classicism to serialism.
Olga Alino
Olga Alino
Christopher Norton
Canada
Christopher Norton
Christopher Norton
Composer, arranger, and teacher, Christopher Norton is universally regarded as the leader in his field. Born in 1953, he is a New Zealand-born, now Canadian-based composer.
His long and fruitful association with Boosey & Hawkes has resulted in the world-famous Microjazz series, the Preludes for piano, 2 Concert Collections for piano and, with his wife Wendy, 30 Micromusicals.
In 2005 he wrote Connections for Piano for the RCM. The series is now owned by Christopher and published by his own company, www.80dayspublishing.com
In the last 7 years, Christopher has written a series of concert works For solo piano: Jazz Piano Sonata, Piano Sonata no 2, Idaho Suite and Bulgarian Sketches, for 2 pianos: an Italian Suite and a Turkish-Anatolian Suite.
Christopher lives, with his wife Wendy Edwards Beardall-Norton, another published composer, in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
Christopher Norton
- Bright and Bluesy - Piano Solo
- Rock Preludes Collection - Piano solo
- Latin Preludes Collection - piano solo
- Jazz Preludes Collection - Piano solo
- Country Preludes Collection - Piano solo
- Eastern Preludes - piano solo
- Pacific Preludes - piano solo
- Idaho Suite
- Bulgarian Sketches - Piano solo
- Connections 9 - Piano solo
- Connections 10 - Piano solo
- Jazz Piano Sonata
- Piano Sonata no 2
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South America
Composers
Anatoly Zatin
Mexico
Anatoly Zatin
Anatoly Zatin
Born in Uzhhorod (Ukraine), Anatoly Zatin graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory as a composer, pianist, and orchestral conductor. In 1979 he became the youngest member of the Leningrad Composers’ Union, and a few years later made his conducting debut with the Leningrad Philharmonic.
Among his mentors are composers S. Slonimsky and V. Salmanov, conductors I. Musin, R. Martynov, and E. Mravinsky, pianists P. Serebriakov, Y. Ananiev, and A. Logovinsky.
His compositions have been awarded numerous prizes from organisations like the Brass Bulletin and the USSR Association of Musical Theatre Artists.
His music has been performed by many orchestras, ensembles, and soloists, among them: T. Dokshitzer, V. Buyanovsky, V. Kafelnikov, A. Vavilina, O. Zaralli, J. Urness, A. Griffin, A. Nikitin, the Leningrad Philharmonic, the American Youth Symphony, and the Mexico City Philharmonic. He was presented with the UNICEF Medal of Honour and with the Mozart Medal.
Since 1991 he resides and works in Mexico, and since 2021 he is a member of the National Composers League (Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte). In 2003 he founded “Duo Petrof“, now an ensemble recognised worldwide,
with Vlada Vassilieva. As a conductor and pianist, he maintains an intense international career.
Anatoly Zatin
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Asia
Composers
Yuri Povolotsky
Ukraine
Yuri Povolotsky
Yuri Povolotsky
Born in 1962 in Odessa (Ukraine).
In 1986 graduated from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in the composition class of professors Heinrich Litinsky and Alexey Muravlev.
Living in Israel since 1991. Member of the Israel Composers’ League and other artistic organizations of Israel.
Among his works: symphonic and chamber works, musicals, songs and romances, albums for children and youth, music for theater and cinema. The author of a number of compositions in the style of Jewish Soul Music. In 2004, he created the jazz-klezmer band "Apropos.art", whose repertoire includes original compositions and author's versions of traditional Jewish music.
Since 2023 – member of the “Jerusalem Tango Project” as a pianist, arranger, and author compositions in the genre of “Tango Nuevo”, which have become part of the group’s repertoire.
Many of his works, in addition to Israel, are performed in the USA, Germany, France, Great Britain, Austria, Switzerland, Ukraine, Russia, other European and Latin American countries, as well as in China, Japan and New Zealand.
Winner of several Israeli awards in the field of composition. Participates in numerous international festivals of a wide variety of genres.
Publishes his works in the publishing houses “Forton Music” (Great Britain), as well as in IMC, IMI (Israel), EPTA (China), etc.
Leads an active concert activity as a pianist, arranger and musical director of various projects. For many years he has been teaching, publishing musicological articles and essays in magazines and online publications, and collaborating with Russian-language radio stations.
Yuri Povolotsky
- THE FIRST STEPS'' & ''THE WORLD OF ANIMALS - Album “5 x 10” (Volumes I-III)
- KALEIDOSCOPE - Album “5 x 10” (Volumes I-III)
- 24 Little Pieces
- 24 Instants (selected)
- “Jazz Sketches” (20 Pieces)
- PLAYING TOGETHER - Album “5 x 10” (Volume IV) - 4 hands
- El Caballero en el Sombrero - 20 Pieces for 20 Fingers - 4 Hands
- Cha Cha Cha - 20 Pieces for 20 Fingers - 4 Hands
- A Little Ragtime - 20 Pieces for 20 Fingers - 4 Hands
- Warm Up in Dixie Style - “Jazz Movies” (6 Pieces) - 4 hands
- Two Sails - “Jazz Movies” (6 Pieces) - 4 hands
- carefree tune - “Jazz Movies” (6 Pieces) - 4 hands
- Brazilian Vacation - “Jazz Movies” (6 Pieces) - 4 hands
- Yigdal - Seven Jewish Tradition Melodies - Piano solo for advanced & professionals
- 24 Instants” (selected) - Piano solo for advanced & professional
- Between 3 and 6 PM - Around Jazz (12 Pieces) - Piano solo for advanced & professional
- Around Jazz - Piano solo for advanced & professional
- Jokes with Classics” (4 Pieces) - Piano solo for advanced & professional
- Leaf Fall in Anjou - Piano solo for advanced & professional
- Seven Preludes of Morning Awakening - Piano solo for advanced & professional
- U-krop-krop” /Music a la Giya Kancheli -Piano solo for advanced & professional
- Insurgent Song - “Ukrainian Triptych” (in 3 Movements) -Piano solo for advanced & professional
- ZHURBA - “Ukrainian Triptych” (in 3 Movements) -Piano solo for advanced & professional
Yuri Povolotsky
Kakhka Tsabadze
Georgia
Kakhka Tsabadze
Kakhka Tsabadze
Kakha Tsabadze (b. September 14, 1959) was born into the family of composer Giorgi Tsabadze. He studied at the Tbilisi State Conservatory, graduating in 1982 under the guidance of Professor Andria Balanchivadze.
His compositional output spans a wide range of genres, including concertos for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, viola, and piano with orchestra. He has also written concertinos for piano and violin with string orchestra, as well as several mini concertos for piano and violin with string orchestra.
Tsabadze’s catalogue includes two string quartets, six musicals, chamber works for various ensembles, numerous piano compositions, and educational pieces for beginners on different instruments. In addition, he has composed choral works, popular (estrada) songs, and music for film and theatre.
Alongside his creative work, he has been actively engaged in pedagogy, teaching at various educational institutions. For ten years, he served as Chairman of the Composers’ Union and currently holds the positions of Deputy Chairman and Director of the Music Fund.
He has been awarded the title of honorary citizen of Tbilisi and Borjomi.
Kakhka Tsabadze
- MAESTRO MERAB EBRALIDZE - Piano with orchestra
- MAESTRO MERAB EBRALIDZE - Piano with orchestra
- Mini cincerto n.1 - Piano concerto with orchestra
- Violin
- Piano Duet 4 hands
- Concertino n 2 (Piano concerto with orchestra)
- Love at First Sight - Piano duet 4 hands
- Piano 4 hands
- Piano 4 hands
- Piano solo
- PIano 4 hands
- PIano 4 hands
- Piano solo
- Mini concerto - Piano concerto with orchestra
Kakhka Tsabadze
Reina Yoshioka
Japan/Austria
Reina Yoshioka
Reina Yoshioka
Reina Yoshioka (b. 1998, Japan) studied violin with Elina Vähälä at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, graduating with distinction in 2025. Since 2022, she has studied instrumental composition with Dietmar Schermann, Clara Iannotta, Mirela Ivičević and Oscar Bianchi.
She has received several awards, including 3rd prize at the Luigi Nono International Chamber Music Competition (soloist category) in Turin (2024), 4th prize at the Emmanuel Durlet Violin Competition in Antwerp (2021), and 2nd prize at the International Composition Award Vienna (2021). In 2025 and 2026, she was also a finalist for the Ö1 Talentbörse Composition Prize.
Her works have been performed at Alte Schmiede Wien, at chamber music concerts of the RSO Wien, and at the Musikverein in a concert dedicated to Lili Boulanger. Since July 2025, she has been an academy member of the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna.
Reina Yoshioka
Hasan Bozkurt
Türkiye
Hasan Bozkurt
Hasan Bozkurt
Graduated from the Department of Music Education, Faculty of Education, at Gazi University in1983.
Started working as a lecturer in music at Selçuk University in 1984.
Received the degree of Proficiency in Art (equivalent to a doctoral degree) in 1991.
Appointed as Assistant Professor in 1993.
In 2003, joined the Faculty of Fine Arts at Akdeniz University as an Assistant Professor.
Continued working at the same institution and at the Antalya State Conservatory until retirement by personal request in 2019. Currently continues teaching as a guest faculty member in the Turkish Music Department of the Antalya State Conservatory at Akdeniz University.
Throughout his academic career, taught undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral courses including:Violoncello
Conducting Musical Ensembles
Turkish Music Harmony
Turkish Folk Music Solfeggio and Theory
Turkish Folklore
Composed numerous folk song arrangements and suites for:
Folk Instruments Ensemble
Polyphonic Choir
Piano–Voice
Piano–Violoncello
Piano–Violin
Piano
Presented Piano–Voice concerts under the title “Voice of Anatolia” and polyphonic folk instrument concerts under the titles “Caravan” and “We Set Out on the Road”.
His arrangements of Turkish folk songs for polyphonic choir have been performed by many choirs.
Hasan Bozkurt
ALİ ALİZADE
Azerbaijan
ALİ ALİZADE
ALİ ALİZADE
Composer Ali Alizade (PhD) was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 1960. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire.
He completed his doctoral studies at Hacettepe University (Turkey).
He has composed works for orchestras, solo instruments and chamber music ensembles. He is also recognised as a film music composer.
His works are performed in Azerbaijan, Russia, Germany and Turkey. He currently works as a lecturer at the University of Fine Arts in Ankara.
ALİ ALİZADE
Elmir Mirzoev
Azerbaijan
Elmir Mirzoev
Elmir Mirzoev
Elmir Mirzoev is Azerbaijani composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal pieces that have been performed in Europe, CIS countries and Turkey, USA and Mexico, Mongolia, Far East and Japan, also active in the promotion of new music and the organizer of the contemporary music festivals in Azerbaijan.
Elmir Mirzoev is Azerbaijani composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal pieces that have been performed in Europe, CIS countries and Turkey, USA and Mexico, Mongolia, Far East and Japan, also active in the promotion of new music and the organizer of the contemporary music festivals in Azerbaijan.
He studied at the Azerbaijan State Conservatory (now the Baku Music Academy) from 1989-94, in the composition class of Faraj Karaev (post-graduated in 1998).
Since 1998, has taught in the composition department at the Baku Music Academy.
From 1995/2005 he was artistic director of the Initiative Center of Contemporary Music - Ensemble SoNoR; Organized more 20 international cultural projects since 1996.
Participated in an international composition course in 1994 led by James Dillon and Ole Lützhow-Holm at the University of Gothenburg; in 1999 in the V International Young Composers Meeting in Apeldoorn/Holland led by Louis Andriessen, Martin Padding and Michael Smetanin; in 2004 was a participant of composition seminar at Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar led by Michael Obst and Reinhard Wolschina, in 2006 in Stockhausen Courses in Kürten.
From 2007/08 taught as an assistant to prof. York Höller at the Musikhochschule Köln; from 2010 taught as an assistant to prof. Alexander von Masslow at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar. From July-December 2013 - Artist in Residence as composer in Villa Sträuli, Wintenthur (Switzerland). From 2019/2022 he taught as assistant professor of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Workshops, masterclasses and lectures in the New Music Marathon in Prague (Czech Republic), in Tbilisi State Conservatoire (Georgia), Association for Contemporary Music Moscow (Russia), Uzbekistan Composers Union, Krakow University (Poland), Dresdner Zentrum für zeitgenössische Musik (Germany), Hochschule für Musik Köln (Germany), Humboldt University Berlin (Germany), Van Yüzüncü Yıl University (Turkey).
Commissions for Pro Helvetia Foundation (Switzerland), Hellerau – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste Dresden and Freiburger Musikhochschule (Germany), Association Accroche Note (France) etc., Grants from DAAD Foundation and Goethe Institute (Germany), Alexander von Humboldt Stipendium (Germany), etc.
Awarded several prizes since 1996, also the award for “Best Symphonic Work” (“Seven Minutes for Orchestra”, 1999) from Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan in 2005.
Music has been performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel, “Lviv Virtuosos” Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble de Ereprijis, Ensemble Accroche Note, Ensemble TaG, Freiburg Percussion Ensemble, Ensemble Reconsil Wien, Studio for new Music Ensemble Moscow, among others.
Works edited by Musik Fabrik Edition (France); Stradiva Edizione Musicale (Italy) and Sordino Ediziuns Musicals (Switzerland) and Yeni Musiqi (Azerbaijan).
uosos” Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble de Ereprijis, Ensemble TaG, Freiburg Percussion Ensemble, Ensemble Reconsil Wien, Studio for new Music Ensemble Moscow, among others.
Works edited by Musik Fabrik Edition (France); Stradiva Edizione Musicale (Italy) and Sordino Ediziuns Musicals (Switzerland) and Yeni Musiqi (Azerbaijan).
Accroche Note, Ensemble TaG, Freiburg Percussion Ensemble, Ensemble Reconsil Wien, Studio for new Music Ensemble Moscow, among others.
Elmir Mirzoev
Rami Bar-Niv
Israel/USA
Rami Bar-Niv
Rami Bar-Niv
RAMI BAR-NIV is an acclaimed composer and pianist, performing all over the world. He graduated with honors from the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv and from Mannes College of Music in New York City, where he studied with the renowned Mme. Nadia Reisenberg and music theorist Carl Schachter. His composition teachers were Paul Ben-Haim, Alexander Uriyah Boskovich, Oedoen Partos, Arthur Gelbrun, and Yehoshua Lakner.
His compositions are published, recorded, and performed worldwide.
angeline Bell
Malaysia
angeline Bell
angeline Bell
Angeline Bell is a Malaysian pianist, piano teacher, and composer based in Crawley, West Sussex, UK. She began composing in March 2022 while isolating with COVID-19 and started sharing recordings of her music on social media. Encouraged by friends and fellow musicians, she submitted her work to Editions Musica Ferrum, which subsequently published My Lyrical Notebook, My Quirky Notebook, My Garden Notebook, My Seaside Notebook, My Forest Notebook, and Echoes of the Orient. Each collection is accompanied by a corresponding album, available on major streaming platforms including Spotify and Apple Music.
Her compositions have been selected for the examination syllabuses of ABRSM, LCME, ANZCA, and AGMS, and twenty-five of her works have been broadcast on BBC Sounds.
Angeline began piano lessons at the age of six and was awarded the ATCL diploma at sixteen. She holds a Music degree from the University of East Anglia and studied piano with Ruth Harte at the Royal Academy of Music. Following the completion of her PGCE, she taught music in a secondary school before establishing Bell Piano School, where she continues to teach from her home studio.
For more information, visit https://angelinebellmusic.com
Thank you for your interest. Regards, Angeline.
angeline Bell
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Africa
Composers
Hendrik Hofmeyr
South Africa
Hendrik Hofmeyr
Hendrik Hofmeyr
HENDRIK HOFMEYR, who has been described as South Africa’s most performed composer of Classical music, was born in Cape Town in 1957. He achieved his first major success as a composer in 1988 with the performance at the State Theatre of The Fall of the House of Usher, which won the South African Opera Competition Competition and the Nederburg Opera Prize. In the same year, Hofmeyr, who was furthering his studies in Italy during ten years of self-imposed political exile, obtained first prize in an international competition in Trent with music for a short film by Wim Wenders. In 1992 he was appointed lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch, and in 1997 won two further international competitions, the Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belgium (with Raptus for violin and orchestra) and the Dimitri Mitropoulos Competition in Athens (with Byzantium for high voice and orchestra). Until his retirement at the end of 2022, Hofmeyr was professor and Head of Composition and Music Theory at the University of Cape Town, where he obtained his Doctorate in 1999. His Incantesimo was chosen to represent South Africa at the Congress of the International Society of Contemporary Music in Croatia in 2005, and in 2008 he was honoured with a Kanna Award by the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival. He received the UCT Creative Arts Award for his Second Symphony – The Elements in 2018. Hofmeyr’s oeuvre comprises operas, ballets, symphonies, concerti and numerous vocal and instrumental works, and includes some 150 commissioned works. More than 100 recordings of his music have been issued on CD; in 2021, the CD Partita africana, comprising six of his works, was chosen as Discovery of the Month by the French magazine Classica, and in 2022, another CD, featuring some of his vocal and piano works, was selected as the Contemporary CD of the Week on Radio France. Hofmeyr was awarded the prestigious triennial Hubert Rupert Prize for Classical Music in 2025 by the South African Academy of Science and Art for his contribution to music.
Hendrik Hofmeyr
- Postcard Preludes for piano (For young pianists)
- Chaconne for piano (for young pianists)
- Variations on an African Lullaby for violin (for young violonists)
- Partita africana and Ballata africana for piano, Philomena's Night Song and Endymion and the Moon for violin and piano
- Fantasy on 'Senzeni na' for piano
- Sonata for Violin and Piano
- Piano Concerto
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Oceania
Composers
Jackie Sharp
Australia
Jackie Sharp
Jackie Sharp
Jackie Sharp is a Sydney-based pianist, composer, and educator whose work centres on the integration of technical understanding and expressive artistry. Alongside her performing and teaching, she has developed original pedagogical approaches that emphasise clarity of movement, musical intention, and independent learning. Her compositions range from virtuosic concert works to imaginative character pieces, each reflecting a strong narrative voice and a deep engagement with pianistic colour and texture. She is the recipient of the AMEB Most Outstanding Teacher Award (2009) and has served as a member of the judging panel for numerous international piano competitions. Jackie is the author of Technique Trainer, a structured approach to developing pianistic skill through targeted technical and musical exercises, and is currently completing Technique Trainer 2, which further expands this integrated method. Through her work, she seeks to equip students with the analytical and technical tools necessary to achieve meaningful and lasting progress at the instrument.
Jackie Sharp
Rachel Hocking
Australia
Rachel Hocking
Rachel Hocking
Dr Rachel Hocking is an award-winning Australian composer, pianist and organist whose music blends classical traditions with jazz and contemporary harmonic and rhythmic influences, exploring texture, colour, and harmony to create vivid, evocative works. Her music, including solo instrumental works, chamber works and choral works, is published by Wirripang, Matt Klohs Publishing, and she is an Associate Artist with the Australian Music Centre. Rachel won the Australian National Choral Association Choral Composition prize for Werte!, was a 2026 Queensland Music Award finalist for Liana’s Daydream from Kurilpa, and placed runner-up for the USOC Organ Composition Prize for Postlude on Lobe den Herren. From 2027, Rachel’s music will also be published in the Trinity College London piano syllabus. Rachel currently teaches piano and piano pedagogy at Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University, is an AMEB piano and theory examiner, an advocate for music education through her research including the report Fading Notes, organist and Co-Director of Music at St Andrew’s Uniting Church Brisbane in collaboration with Musica Viva where she also accompanies The Sanctuary Choir. Rachel is President of the Accompanists’ Guild of Queensland and a member of the International Choral Composers Institute.
Rachel Hocking
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - A Carefree Melody from Piano Progressions Anthology One Vol. 2 (to be released July 2026 by Wirripang)
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 1. A Misty Morning from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 1. Prelude from Little Suite
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 2. Animal Parade from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 2. Song of Reflection from Little Suite
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 3. Dance from Little Suite
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 3. Swaying Gumtrees from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 4. Joey and Big Red Dance! from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 5. Wattle Waltz from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Preliminary - 1. Sunset Glow from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Preliminary - 2. Tango from a Distant Land from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Preliminary - 3. Little Wombat Wandering from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Preliminary - 6. On the Hot Sand from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Preliminary - 7. Rain Song from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Grade 1 - Curious Pup from Piano Progressions Anthology One Vol. 2 (to be released July 2026 by Wirripang)
- Grade 1 - 1. Sunrise on Uluru from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 3
- Grade 1 - 4. Rainbow Lorikeets from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Grade 1 - 5. Bushwalk from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Grade 1 - 6. Mountain Echoes from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Grade 1 - 7. Tiny Tracks from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Grade 2 - Waltz on the Clouds from Piano Progressions Anthology One Vol. 2 (to be released July 2026 by Wirripang)
- Grade 2 - 2. The Open Sky from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 3
- Grade 2 - 3. Whispers to the Wind from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 3
- Grade 2 - 4. Where the Reef Fish Dream from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 3
- Grade 3 - 5. Changing Tides from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 3
- Grade 3 - Meditation
- Grade 4 - 3. Liana’s Daydream from Kurilpa
- Grade 4 - 6. Wallaby Grass on the Hill from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 3
- Grade 6 - 2. Boundary Street from Kurilpa
- Grade 7 - Interlude
- Grade 7 - 4. River Cat from Kurilpa
- Grade 7 - Prelude 5 in Db
- Grade 7 - Prelude 7 in Eb
- Grade 8 - 1. Under the Grand Arbour from Kurilpa
- Grade 8 - Prelude 2 in Bb
- Grade 8 - Prelude 3 in B
- Grade 8 - Prelude 8 in E
- Grade 8 - Prelude 11 in G
- Diploma - 5. Fireworks from Kurilpa
- Piano duets grades 3 to 4 - The Detective’s Cat (to be released July 2026 by Wirripang)
- Piano duets grades 3 to 4 - Passacaglia arr. by Handel (to be released July 2026 by Wirrpang)
Rachel Hocking
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - A Carefree Melody from Piano Progressions Anthology One Vol. 2 (to be released July 2026 by Wirripang)
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 1. A Misty Morning from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 1. Prelude from Little Suite
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 2. Animal Parade from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 2. Song of Reflection from Little Suite
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 3. Dance from Little Suite
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 3. Swaying Gumtrees from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 4. Joey and Big Red Dance! from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Beginner/Pre-preliminary - 5. Wattle Waltz from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Preliminary - 1. Sunset Glow from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Preliminary - 2. Tango from a Distant Land from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Preliminary - 3. Little Wombat Wandering from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Preliminary - 6. On the Hot Sand from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Preliminary - 7. Rain Song from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 1
- Grade 1 - 1. Sunrise on Uluru from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 3
- Grade 1 - 4. Rainbow Lorikeets from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Grade 1 - 5. Bushwalk from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Grade 1 - 6. Mountain Echoes from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Grade 1 - 7. Tiny Tracks from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 2
- Grade 2 - Waltz on the Clouds from Piano Progressions Anthology One Vol. 2 (to be released July 2026 by Wirripang)
- Grade 2 - 2. The Open Sky from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 3
- Grade 2 - 3. Whispers to the Wind from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 3
- Grade 2 - 4. Where the Reef Fish Dream from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 3
- Grade 3 - 5. Changing Tides from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 3
- Grade 3 - Meditation
- Grade 4 - 3. Liana’s Daydream from Kurilpa
- Grade 4 - 6. Wallaby Grass on the Hill from Adventures under Southern Skies Book 3
- Grade 6 - 2. Boundary Street from Kurilpa
- Grade 7 - Interlude
- Grade 7 - 4. River Cat from Kurilpa
- Grade 7 - Prelude 5 in Db
- Grade 7 - Prelude 7 in Eb
- Grade 8 - 1. Under the Grand Arbour from Kurilpa
- Grade 8 - Prelude 2 in Bb
- Grade 8 - Prelude 3 in B
- Grade 8 - Prelude 8 in E
- Grade 8 - Prelude 11 in G
- Diploma - 5. Fireworks from Kurilpa
Kirill Monorosi
Australia
Kirill Monorosi
Kirill Monorosi
Kirill Monorosi is an Australian pianist, musicologist, editor, composer, arranger and teacher. He has performed as soloist and chamber musician in Australia, Asia, Europe, Latin America and Russia. His discography includes recordings of major works such as J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier book 1, Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations Op. 120, as well as world-premiere recordings of works by J. C. Bach, N. Medtner, C. Cui, and A. Glazunov – works which he discovered through his musicological work and edited for first publication. His arrangements include piano reductions of three Mozart Piano Concertos (K. 107), and a number of chamber works, including J. S. Bach’s trio sonatas arranged for clarinet/soprano saxophone and piano. Kirill maintains a busy teaching schedule, and his students have achieved success in local, national and international competitions, performing in venues such Carnegie Hall (New York), the Mozarteum (Salzburg), and the Sydney Opera House. He is frequently invited to be on the jury of piano competitions.
Kirill Monorosi
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