Natalia Fomenko

Member of Liatoshynskyi Capella: Early Music Ensemble Soloist of the National House of Music, Liatoshynskyi Capella: Early Music Ensemble, Kyiv Chamber Orchestra (National Philharmonic of Ukraine), and Open Opera Ukraine. Winner of the international competition "Wanda Landowska Harpsichord Competition" in Italy (1st prize Assoluto in the "Concerto with Orchestra" category, 2nd prize in the "Solo" category), recipient of the "Accentus Musicalis" scholarship (Austria), candidate of art history (thesis topic: "Stylus Phantasticus in Western European Keyboard Art of the 17th–18th centuries"). Leads the harpsichord class at the M.V. Lysenko Kyiv State Music Academy (lecturer-methodologist) and the Dnipro Academy of Music (acting associate professor). Actively promotes historically informed performance practice as a participant in international scientific conferences and symposiums, and through solo and chamber concerts in Ukraine and abroad: International Easter Assembly, Italia Festival Barocco, Kyiv Music Fest, "Chamber music session," Music Premieres of the Season (Kyiv), "Bach-fest" (Sumy), "Kharkiv Bachiana," "Sounds through the centuries," "Music without Limits," VIII and IX BachAcademie (Dnipro), "Festival of Early Music," "Contrasts" (Lviv), "Dni Bachowski" (Poland, Krakow), "Gliwicki Festiwal Bachowski," "Colors of Poland" (Poland), "Early Music Days," "Sembalissimo" (Hungary), "Wanda Landowska Festival" (Italy), "Accentus Musicalis" (Austria), "Oude Muziek Festival (fringe)" (Netherlands), Festival Musique & Histoire Avec Jordi Savall Abbaye de Fontfroide (France), Santes Creus (Spain). Member of the jury of the "Wanda Landowska Harpsichord Competition 2013" (Italy) and the XVI All-Ukrainian Open Music Olympiad "Voice of the Country" 2019 (Kyiv). Collaborated with musicians specializing in Baroque music: K. Kavina, E. Kirkby, Baroque orchestra Musica Aeterna (Bratislava-Vienna), conductor P. Zajicek, J.-M. Bönét, D. Severin, Y. Minenko, E. Stefanska, N. Kozhukhar, A. Bernardini, I. Korol, J. Khalubek. Enhanced professional skills through masterclasses with leading experts in Baroque music - harpsichord, organ, basso continuo: K. Stembridge, B. Billetter, E. Stefanska, V. Klosevich, A. Hirobayashi, G. Ogg, K. Shornsheim, A. Shtaier, L. Giëlmi, M. Toporovsky, N. Parle, M. Radulescu, G. Vashchegi, K. Hammer, O. Burundukovska, Cl. Cavina, J. Keller, H. Melendez Pelaez, G. Morini, N. MacGegan, A. Zilberaykh, G.-C. Dijoux, S. Doitkholt.