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Joan graduated from Bennington College, where she studied with the Finckel clan, and has a Masters in cello performance from Ithaca College. Joan loves the outdoors and is an avid hiker, skier, gardener, and traveler. She’s had the good fortune to backpack on five continents. In her retirement, she hopes to continue these pursuits, adding some forays into visual arts, as well as bringing free chamber music programs to underserved communities. ●
Tetiana Shafran piano
Piano Competition “Monopoli Prize” (Barletta, Italy, 2015); one award of Emil Gilels International Piano Competition (Odessa, Ukraine, 2015); one award of the Carl Filtsch International Piano Competition (Sibiu, Romania, 2016); one award of Antonio Napolitano International Piano Competition (Salerno, Italy, 2017). She has performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls of Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia, including the Grand Theatre (Shenzhen, China), Lindeman Hall (Oslo, Norway), Llevellyn Hall (Canberra, Australia), Main Hall of Palau de la Musica (Valencia, Spain), Theatre Mohammed V (Rabat, Morocco), Sala Cecilia Meireles (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Felicja Blumental Music Center (Tel Aviv, Israel), Congress Hall (Gabala, Azerbaijan), and many others. She has performed with many orchestras and conductors such as maestros D. Yablonsky, H. Earle, F. Krager, G. Glinka, M. Dyadyura, M. Anamammedov, among others. She has also recorded for radio and TV productions for Italian, Israeli, Spanish, and Ukrainian broadcasts. ●
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Born in Kiev, Ukraine, in 1989, Tetiana Shafran started playing piano at the age of three. She graduated from the Lysenko Special Music School and the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine with A. Vasin (2012) and O. Yablonskaya Piano Academy with Prof. Oxana Yablonskaya (USA-Israel), and from 2015–2017, studied in Spain and Israel. Tetiana is the prizewinner of many international piano competitions. Among those prizes are: first-place winner of the Second Triennial Olga Kern International Piano Competition (Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2019); one award of Concours International de Piano France-Amériques (Paris, France, 2019); three awards of VII Parnassos International Piano Competition (Monterey, Mexico, 2018); three awards of 18th Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition (Valencia, Spain, 2013); two awards of Concorso Pianistico Internazionale “Città di San Donà di Piave” (Italy, 2019); two awards of International
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