Irina Bogdanovitch is a conductor and a pianist. She comes from Moscow. She studied in prof. Klaudia Nikolska's class and in 1997 she graduated with honours from Choral Conductory Department at Moscow University. In 2000 she graduated, also with honours, from Pianistics Department at M. Musorgski University of Yekaterinburg. She was a student of prof. Irina Shubinoy's and Evgeni Lewitan's class. As a student she won, among others, the 1st prize at the Russian National Student Piano Competition in Glazow. In 1994 she was the 1st prize winner at the Russian National Student Piano Competition in Vladimir and in 1997 she was awarded with a Diploma of the Young Pianists Competition in Novy Sad (Yugoslavia). In 1998 she became laureate of the Karol Szymanowski International Piano Competition in Lódz (Poland). From 1999 to 2002, as a member and conductor's assistant in the Warsaw University University Choir, she actively contributed to preparation of J.S.Bach's Christmas Oratorio, G.Verdi's Requiem, G.F.Händel's Judas Macchabeus and C.Orff's Carmina Burana. In May 2002 she won the competition for the position of conductor of the Warsaw University Academic Choir. As a conductor and artistic director she prepared W.A.Mozart's Requiem that was performed in June 2002 and in July 2002 she won with the choir the 3rd prize in the 3rd International Choral Music Festival in Randers (Denmark). Two months later she prepared the performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony at the Vratislavia Cantans Festival. The concert was conducted by maestro Jacek Kaspszyk. A few weeks later, during the "Stars for Europe" concert, Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Fantasia in c minor were performed by the choir along with famous Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra. This time the concert was given in the Warsaw Congress Hall and was conducted by Argentinian soloist and conductor José Cura. In March 2003 she prepared C.Orff's Carmina Burana and in May Serge Prokofiev's Aleksander Nevsky.
"Amateurs can do the impossible"
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