About

Olga Shupyatskaya is a Belarussian-born American pianist whose concert appearances have taken her to Europe, South America, and across North America. She has garnered numerous competition prizes, including the Young Artist Prize of the National Federation of Music Clubs and first prizes at the Concours International de Piano du Moulin d’Andé in France, the Stravinsky Competition, and the Southeastern Piano Festival. Equally dedicated to collaborative work, Shupyatskaya has devoted several recent projects to interdisciplinary collaboration and alternative programming, incorporating new music, multimedia, and choreography alongside classical repertoire.

Dr. Shupyatskaya is a dedicated teacher, adjudicator, and clinician. She has taught piano at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY and at the Eastman Community Music School, where she was awarded the Jack L. Frank Award for Excellence in Teaching. She has presented master classes at the Bogotá International Piano Festival, Nazareth College, Marshall University in West Virginia, and the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs State Convention. Additionally, she has served as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Piano Literature and Director of Graduate Advising and Services at the Eastman School of Music, and a staff pianist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Shupyatskaya earned her Doctorate in Piano Performance at the Eastman School of Music. Her principal teachers are Natalya Antonova and Terry Moran.