Maria Ostroukhova

I was born into a family of Muscovite musicians in 1991, and started my professional musical education at the age of 6. . I studied at the Moscow Gnessins’ College of Music as a pianist and accompanist with Anna Arzamanova and Marianna Shalitaeva until 2009 when I graduated magna cum laude. In the same year I enroled into Tchaikovsky’s Moscow State Conservatoire where I studied for 3 years as a pianist, harpsichordist and hammerklavierist with Yuri Martynov and Alexandra Koreneva. In 2012, I received an outstanding opportunity to study at the Royal College of Music, on the Master of Performance in Vocal Performance course with Nick Sears and Simon Lepper. I’m H F Music Scholar supported with the Charles Banchini Award. In 2014, I made my professional debut as Ottavia and Fortuna in Monteverdi’s Coronation of Poppea with Christopher Glynn and Ryedale Festival Opera.