Resume

Maria Fomina

Education:

Bachelor of Music - Moscow Music College named after Skryabin

Bachelor of Music - University of California Los Angeles

Master of Music (Piano Performance) - Manhattan School of Music

Post Graduate Studies - Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, 

Teaching Experience:

2005-2020 Private instruction in Piano, Music Theory, Score reading, & Music History

2005-2006 Teaching assistant (piano) at Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory 

2006-2008 Adjunct Instructor of College Piano & Music theory - San Diego Mesa College 

2008-2009 Adjunct Instructor of Ear Training & Musician- San Diego Miramar College 

2017-2018 Brooklyn Music School piano instructor 

2018-Present Lyceum Kennedy International School piano instructor

2020-Present Owner and Instructor, Midtown Piano Lessons

Selected Solo Performances:

Russian Central Television, Moscow, Russia

Poway Center for the Performing Arts, San Diego, CA

"Château de Wiltz" Concert Series, Luxembourg

Schoenberg Hall, UCLA (performance with Martha Argerich)

International Piano Festival, Tenerife, Spain

International Festival of Young Artists, Las Palmas, Spain

Ribargotza International Music Festival, Spain

The Julliard School, NYC

Manhattan School of Music, NYC

Hagley Museum, Delaware

Escondido Center for the Performing Arts, San Diego, CA

Rachmaninoff Hall, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory

Solo recitals in Japan (Tokyo, Kumamoto)

Steinway Hall, NYC

Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey

Chamber Hall, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory

Shuvalova Hall, Moscow, Russia

Prokofiev Museum, Moscow, Russia

Moscow Merchant Society, Moscow, Russia

Orchestral Appearances:

Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Moscow, Russia

Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Music Colleges, Moscow, Russia 

Southwest Symphony, CA

Piedmont Symphony Orchestra, Virginia

Orquesta Filarmonica de Tenerife, Spain

Orquesta Sinfonica de Gran Canaria, Spain

Carson City Symphony, Nevada

Selected Awards and Scholarships:

President Award of the Russian Federation

Gluck Foundation Fellowship Award, Los Angeles, CA

California International Young Artists Competition (winner and CD recording)

Ima Hogg National Houston Symphony Competition (finalist)

The Juilliard School, NYC, Scholarship for the Master of Music Program

Manhattan School of Music, NYC, Full Scholarship for the Master of Music Program