Katie Sazanova has recently completed her Master of Arts degree with Distinction at Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance. She studied at Trinity with Anna Pope, Wissam Boustany and Christopher Green, funded generously by The Countess of Munster Musical Trust, The Kathleen Trust, Trinity Laban Conservatoire, The Richard Stapley Foundation and the Dorothy Grinstead Memorial Fund.
In 2018, Katie won the Flutes in Tuscany Young Artist competition held in Tereglio, where she performed a solo recital and gained a sponsored place as part of her award. She has also performed in the final rounds of the Harold Clarke Woodwind Competition 2018 and 2019. In recent years, Katie has won the Birmingham Conservatoire Woodwind Prize, has been Highly Commended in the British Flute Society Competition and performed as a finalist in the Doris Newton Club Prize. She was also a finalist in The Sylvia Cleaver Chamber Music Competition with The Mondelli Wind Quintet.
Katie has recently completed a year-long training scheme, with opportunities to perform second flute, in the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. This included a performance recorded live on BBC radio 3. She has also enjoyed performances with Queen's Park Sinfonia, Bury Court Opera, Winchester City Festival Orchestra, RCM Orchestra, Marches Sinfonia and a side-by-side project with The London Sinfonia and Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra. Katie also thoroughly enjoys combining theatricality with her playing. She has performed as a flute-playing blackbird in Bury Court Opera’s Mad King Suibhne, and spent 6 months onstage in the production Any Port in a Storm with Giffords Circus.
Katie is also a passionate teacher with five years experience teaching privately and in schools across Birmingham and London. She loves helping students of all ages and abilities to realise their goals, and works towards them in creative and inspiring ways.
