Milana Pavchinskaya, Piano

Biography

Milana Pavchinskaya was born in Odessa, Ukraine and had her first piano lessons when she was five years old. She studied for eleven years at the Special Music School of Stolarsky in Odessa before entering the State Music Institute of Gnessin in Moscow, Russia. She joined the faculty of the Special Music School (Moscow) and later became the staff accompanist at the Odessa State Conservatory. Ms. Pavchinskaya has received her MM in piano performance and pedagogy from Northwestern University and was the recipient of the Hoverson Piano Award in honor of Pauline Lindsley. She now frequently appears as a chamber musician and collaborative pianist throughout the Chicagoland area and is on the faculty of the Music Institute of Chicago.