Olga Stezhko - Piano
“An extraordinary presence and a supremely delicate master of her instrument”
Olga Stezhko is an award-winning concert pianist and critically acclaimed recording artist. Her striking and idiosyncratic programmes often explore hidden connections between music, science and history across the past four centuries. Olga also specialises in the early 20th century repertoire and she is particularly distinguished in Scriabin and Debussy.
Acclaimed by Classical Source in a Wigmore Hall review as ‘a supremely delicate master of her instrument’ who possesses ‘an extraordinary presence’, she has performed worldwide from Barbican Hall in London to Salle Cortot in Paris to Carnegie Hall in New York City. Recent highlights include performances in Bridgewater Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Wigmore Hall, a Japan solo debut, the Palermo Classica Festival, the Ulverston International Music Festival and the Bloomsbury Festival.
Olga Stezhko is the winner of many international competitions and awards including the Grand Prix at the ‘Halina Czerny-Stefanska In Memoriam’ International Piano Competition in Poland, First Prize at the Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition in France and Third Prize at the Prix Amadèo de Piano International Piano Competition in Germany.
“Do you play music that is, quite simply, close to your heart, or do you come up with something novel and arresting? For Belarus-born Olga Stezhko there is no problem. She clearly has the best of both worlds... This is an outstanding debut.”
“This was a recital where her delicacy and power were equal bedfellows... enthralling artistry”