June 16-30 2021

Evgenia Rabinovich

Evgenia Rabinovich is a young Vancouver-based pianist, teacher, and performer.

Evgenia began her university studies at UBC at the age of 15 after graduating early via the University Transitions Program for Gifted Adolescents. She received Early Entrance to the University of British Columbia and was awarded The Major Entrance Scholarship, focusing her early studies on psychology and English rhetoric. Evgenia received her Bachelor’s degree as an Honours graduate of the Mannes School of Music in NY (BMUS, 2015) while studying with Professor Pavlina Dokovska.

In 2017, she received her Master’s degree working with Professor Miranda Wong and Dr. Sara Davis Buechner at the University of British Columbia (MMUS, 2017). She is currently in the Doctor of Musical Arts program at UBC, majoring in piano performance under the guidance of Professor Mark Anderson.

Evgenia’s performance career includes concert appearances across the United States, Canada, Europe, and China. She has performed at venues such as Steinway Hall (NY), Sala Dei Notari (Italy), and the Chan Centre for Performing Arts (Vancouver). She has played internationally with multiple orchestras since her concerto debut with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra under conductor Ken Hsieh at age 15, when she played Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor.

Her most recent orchestral appearances include her performance with the UBC Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Jonathan Girard (2018), as well as international appearances with the Brunensis Virtuosi Orchestra under Maestro Danwen Wei in Italy (2017) and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Alicante under Maestro Uri Segal (2015).

Evgenia’s musical studies include long-term work with Dr. Sasha Starcevich and Mannes department head Pavlina Dokovska. Her work in chamber music includes years of studies with Professor Rena Sharon and pianist and critic Harris Goldsmith.

Evgenia has appeared as an adjudicator at Festival on the Lake (piano division) in Vancouver (2016). She enjoys performing during the summers, and engaging with audiences via social media. She has been a visiting performer at Music Fest Perugia since 2011, working as an administrative team member for the festival in 2016 and a Social Media Manager in 2017.

Evgenia teaches piano and theory from her private studio in the Greater Vancouver area. In 2020, she co-founded the Vancouver Piano School with her husband Nicholas Rada and their colleague. She has been teaching classical piano and theory for over 10 years, and has spent the last 8 years working as a teaching assistant both in Canada and the United States. Her students have received First Class Honours With Distinction in both their piano and theory RCM studies, and are winners of the 2020 BCCM competition and the 2021 Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival.

Evgenia was awarded the 2011 VWMS First Place Junior Piano Scholarship Award and the 2020 VWMS First Place Bursary Award.

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This recital is generously sponsored by VWMS President, Edette Gagne.

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