Position: Associate Professor of the Special Piano Department
Academic degree: PhD in Art History (2015)
Academic title: Associate Professor (2018)
Education: Belarusian State Academy of Music (1998, piano class of L.P.Yushkevich);
in the same place, probation assistantship (1999) under the guidance of L.S.Shelomentseva;
postgraduate studies there (2015) under the guidance of V.L.Yakonyuk
Courses taught: Special instrument (piano), Piano ensemble
She was born on August 17, 1974 in Minsk (BSSR).Since 1999, she has been a soloist of the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society, a leading master of the stage. Artistic pseudonym, maiden name – Kotova. From 1998 to 2003 – teacher and piano accompanist at the M.I.Glinka Minsk State Music College. At the Belarusian State Academy of Music since 1999, she has been a teacher at the Special Piano Department, since 2012 – Associate Professor at the Special Piano Department. The author of the theoretical and practical course in the subject “Piano Ensemble”.
Member of the Belarusian Union of Musical Figures.
She was awarded the Prizes at the Republican Piano Competition (Minsk, Belarus, 1992 – Honorary Diploma), the Lysenko International Competition (Kyiv, Ukraine, 1993 – Special Prize), the M.I.Glinka International Vocal Competition (Astrakhan, Russia, 2003 – Diploma of the best piano accompanist).
She actively participates in concerts as a soloist and piano accompanist. Natalia Gromova performs in the piano duet of the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society with V.Borovikov (since 1998). During her creative activity, she gave over 500 concerts, among which are the cycles of concerts “The Piano Duet Presents”, “Evenings with the Piano Duet”, performances with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, the State Defence Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Main Economic Board of the Republic of Belarus, the Symphony Orchestra of the Belarusian State Academy of Music, etc.
She is one of the initiators and organizers of the International Festival of Piano Duets “Duettissimo” (since 2008), stands in for the Art Director of the International Competition for Young Musicians “Paleski Agenchyk” (since 2020). Organizer of the Open competition for piano duets among students of higher and secondary specialized music education institutions (Belarusian State Academy of Music, 2011).
She has toured in Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, China, the United Arab Emirates and other countries. She took part in many music festivals, including “Magic of the Piano” (Minsk, Belarus, 2011), XX International Festival of Piano Stars (Liepaja, Latvia, 2012), VIII Yu.Bashmet International Festival (Minsk, Belarus, 2013) , LVI International Festival of Contemporary Music “Warsaw Autumn” (Warsaw, Poland, 2013). She has stock records on the Belarusian radio. Jury member of competitions for pianists and piano duets. She conducted master classes in France, China.
Among her students are laureates of International and national competitions E.Demidenko, A.Gorushko, A.Naydenok.
Research, creative and pedagogical activity is part of a consistent and purposeful work in the field of development and popularization of the piano duet genre. She actively participates in International research conferences, publishes in Russian and Belarusian editions with works dedicated to the piano duet.
PhD thesis:
- Piano duet in the musical art of Belarus: composer creativity and performing activity / Belarusian State Academy of Music. – Minsk, 2015.
Publications:
- Piano duet in the musical art of Belarus: monograph – Minsk, 2017.
Articles:
- Piano duet as a subject of scientific research // Bulletin of the Belarusian Academy of Music. – 2006. – No. 9. – P. 100 – 104;
- The problem of communication in the piano duet // Music in the modern world: science, pedagogy, performance: proceedings of the III International research and practice conference, Tambov, January 26, 2007 / Tambov state music and pedagogical institute named after S.V.Rachmaninoff; ed. I.N.Vanovskaya, E.O.Kazmina. – Tambov, 2007. – P. 90 – 92;
- Classical and romantic models of ensemble texture in a single-piano duet // Bulletin of the Student Research and Creative Society at the Belarusian State Academy of Music. – 2007. – No.1 (11). – P. 49 – 50;
- Belarusian piano duet in the context of common European musical culture // Issues of the musical culture of Belarus and the world in modern research: Scientific papers of the Belarusian State Academy of Music / Education Institution “Belarusian State Academy of Music”; T.L.Berkovich. – Issue 15. Series 1: Belarusian musical culture. – Minsk, 2007. – P. 88-95;
- Psychological aspects of performance in the piano duet // Musical performance as a form of artistic and creative activity: scientific papers of the Belarusian State Academy of Music / Belarusian State Academy of Music; comp. K.I.Stepantsevich. – Minsk, 2007. – Issue 14. Ser. 5: Issues of the history and theory of the performing art. Music pedagogy. – P. 20 – 31;
- Piano duet in contemporary performing art of Belarus // Bulletin of the Student Research and Creative Society of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. – 2007. – No. 2 (12). – P. 15;
- Piano duet. To the question of performing styles / N.S.Gromova // Culture. Science. Creativity: materials of the International Research and Practice Conference, Minsk, April 19–20, 2007 / Belarusian State Academy of Arts; scientific ed. S.P.Vinokurova. – Minsk, 2008. – P. 183 – 184;
- On the issue of texture in music for a piano duet // Musical culture of Belarus: Path through the centuries: scientific papers of the Belarusian State Academy of Music / Belarusian Academy of Music; I.D.Nazina, E.A.Alenikava, A.I.Samusenka. – Issue. 17. Ser. 1: Belarusian musical culture. – Minsk, 2008. – P. 151 – 160;
- Some aspects of textural analysis of works for piano four hands // Culture. Science. Creativity: collection of scientific articles / Belarusian State Academy of Music; scient. ed. E.N.Doulova. – Minsk, 2008. – Issue. 2. – P. 464 – 470;
- Features of the four-hand piano texture in the works by modern Belarusian composers for piano duet // Bulletin of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. – 2011. – No. 19. – P. 88 – 94.;
- Features of musical performance in a double-piano duet // Belarusian musical performance in the context of artistic culture: scientific papers of the Belarusian State Academy of Music / Belarusian State Academy of Music; comp. V.L.Yakonyuk. – Minsk, 2016. – Issue. 38. Ser. 5: Issues of history and theory of performing art. Music pedagogy. – P. 41 – 51;
- Arrangements for piano duet in Belarus // Piano ensemble in modern musical art and education: collection of articles on the materials of the International Research and Practice Conference, St. Petersburg, March 25, 2015 / Russian State Pedagogical University named after Herzen; scient. ed. N.V.Medvedeva. – St. Petersburg: Polytechnic University Publishing House, 2016. – P. 171 – 176.
Curricula:
- Special instrument: piano: curriculum of the Higher education institution in the subject for speciality 1-16 01 03. Minsk, 2012 (co-author);
- Piano ensemble: curriculum of the Higher education institution in the subject for speciality 1-16 01 03. Minsk, 2013
Literature about the teacher:
- Rakhley M. Gamma compatibility // AlVit press, No. 12, 03.24.2000;
- Zubik A. Small keyboard orchestra // Culture No. 23, 04.06 – 10.06.2005;
- Buntsevich N. “Twins” – superniks? // Culture No. 17, 26.04 – 02.05.2008;
- Buntsevich N. Sim-sim: how many hands and how many strings? // Culture No. 18, 30.04 – 06.05.2011;
- Mushynskaya T. Chercez la femme or Three portraits in spring interior” // Art No. 5, May 2009;
• Svirko I. Playing four hands // Republic, 07.02.2017