expressing imagination through magic sounds of the piano
ELENA DOROZHKINA
DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE
Dear Friends!
It is finally here! My debut album, Russian Piano Gems: Romantic to Avant-Garde has been released by PARMA/NAVONA Records.
The album brings to life a selection of works by Mosolov, Glinka, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninov.
Order the digital version here or listen the stream!
Contact me, if you want to purchase a physical CD ($16).
ALBUM REVIEWS
Dear Friends! I am happy to share the reviews of my album Russian Piano Gems from Fanfare magazine.
“A fascinating recital … Dorozhkina is a pianist I for one would like to encounter again.” – Colin Clarke.
” Dorozhkina has a lovely expressive gift that allows her to find an intimate connection with the listener in every piece …” –Huntley Dent.
“Despite the extreme dissonance and chromatism or this piece (Mosolov’s Sonata), Dorozhkina finds musical lines… This piece alone is worth getting this disc.” –James Harrington.
“Dorozhkina performs this varied and challenging repertoire with impressive technique and style.” – Ken Meltzer.
“In Elena Dorozhkina’s playing I find absolute technical control and command of the keyboard. In her touch, tone, and emotional engagement with the music” –Jerry Dubins.
“Dorozhkina plays the piece [the Lark], including its bravura digressions, with an easy panache that well imitates the bird’s soaring vocal ascents in brilliantly trilled flourish –Garry Lemco.
STEINWAY TEACHER AWARD
Dear Friends! I am very proud to be recognized as 2022 PIANO TEACHER and receive 2022 Steinway Top Teacher Award. The award is given as a markup of artistry and dedicated leadership in music education.
MUSIC & STARS AWARDS
Dear Friends! My performance submissions from the upcoming album Russian Piano Gems: Romantic to Avant-Garde by PARMA/NAVONA records won Gold Awards in the Professional Piano Performance and the Best Modern Performance categories of Music and Stars Awards International Online Competition.
Global Music AWARD
BIOGRAPHY
Russian-American pianist and piano pedagogue, Dr. Elena Dorozhkina, graduated from the renowned Saint-Petersburg State Music Conservatory named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov in Russia with degrees in piano performance, collaborative piano, and piano pedagogy, and earned her DMA in piano performance from the University of North Texas, the USA. Elena won prizes in a number of International and National Piano Competitions in the USA, Germany, Ukraine, and Russia.
Dr. Dorozhkina is a past president of Atlanta Music Teachers Association (2018-2022) and currently is AMTA’s president-elect, Atlanta Piano Festival co-chair, and website manager. Elena is an active adjudicator for numerous regional piano competitions and auditions in the Southeast.
Dr. Dorozhkina has performed solo and collaborative recitals at concert halls of the USA, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, and Ukraine. Her 2020-22 engagements included solo and collaborative recitals, and piano master classes at Spivey Hall in Morrow, GA, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, Perimeter College at Georgia State University, Clarkston, GA, University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY, Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA, Rice Music House at Steinway Piano Galleries in Columbia, SC, St. Philip Cathedral in Atlanta, GA, and Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, GA.
Dr. Dorozhkina enjoys teaching the art of piano playing to children and adults of all levels and ages. Elena has taught at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, GA, Preparatory Music School of Clayton State University in Morrow, GA, and Perimeter College at Georgia State University, Clarkston, GA. Dr. Dorozhkina was awarded Georgia Music Teachers Association and Steinway Piano Galleries Teacher Grant.
Currently, Dr. Dorozhkina teaches piano classes at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA, and in her private piano studio in Avondale Estates, GA.
- "Track 5" from Unknown album (10/10/2014 10:11:51 PM). Track 5.