Svetlana Smolina has performed with orchestras and given recitals worldwide – with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher, Mariinsky Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Salzburg Festival at Mozarteum, Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Ravinia Rising Stars in Chicago, White Nights in Saint Petersburg, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Mikkeli Festival Finland, Ruhr Klavier in Germany, Moscow Easter Festival, Rotterdam Philharmonic, at the Stresa Festival, Hanoi Opera House, London’s Royal Opera Covent Garden, Tchaikovsky Conservatoire Moscow and Rome’s Accademia Santa Cecilia.
Her discography includes a solo Album, Romantic Journey, and she is currently recording a second album (featuring Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3) with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, scheduled to release in May 2025. Both produced and recorded by Luca Rustici for L’n’R Productions/Universal Music. Other notable recordings include a Chopin album for iTunes, a Scriabin project on Pentatone, and a live concert performance with Christopher O’Riley in Montana, live recording at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles for BCM+D records. Her performances have been broadcast on NPR, WQXR, BBC, PBS, RAI, Kultura TV, and other major networks. Her recording of Stravinsky’s Les Noces with Valery Gergiev received an International Classical Music Award (ICMA).
Svetlana’s recent performances include a tour to China with Dublin Philharmonic with Derek Gleeson, concerts with Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional Juvenil in Lima, Peru, at Carnegie Hall in NYC, with violinist Lee-Chin Siow in Singapore, at the Basel Casino with Charlie Siem, CCK Symphony Hall/Buenos Aires in the “Best Pianists of the 21st Century series”, at the Classical Tahoe Festival with Maestro Joel Revzen, at the festival in Ushuaia / Argentina, and at Cremona International Summer Festival.
Svetlana collaborated in chamber concerts with Ida Haendel, Vadim Repin, Narek Hakhnazaryan, Kian Soltani, Geyhee Kim, Alexander Knyazev, Enrico Dindo, Lee-Chin Siow, Pavel Sporcl, Charlie Siem, Roberto Cani, Oleg Sendetsky, Kim Fisher, Julian Milkis, Dr. Subramaniam and many others. Svetlana and Vadim Repin have given duo recitals in Bogota at Teatro Colon for the Cartagena Festival, at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, in Bangalore and Mumbai for XXV Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival, at Koerner Hall in Toronto and at Salle Garnier de Monte Carlo for Prince Albert ́s Monaco Foundation, as well as for Trans-Siberian Art Festival in Novosibirsk, Washington DC, London and New York.
Most recent invitations included New Year Eve Gala with Shanghai Philharmonic and with Harbin Symphony & Maestro Muhai in China, recital at Recital at Taihu Art Festival/ 22nd China Shanghai Int Arts Festival at Wuxi Grand Theater; duo concerts with Vadim Repin at NCPA Beijing, Shanghai Concert Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall Belt & Road International Music Festival, debut solo recitals at Dellarte Concert Series in Sao Paolo and Rio de Janiero, Brazil; concert in Osaka, Japan with Kazuhiro Takagi, recital in Megaron Concert Hall Thessaloniki with Jannis Georgiadis, at Megaron Chamber Hall in Athens for the Piano Plus Festival, at Burgos International Music Festival, Spain and at the Triumph Music Festival/ Kimmel Center Music Academy in Philadelphia.
Svetlana is a frequently invited Artist for iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates after making her solo debut with iPalpiti Orchestra / Maestro Eduard Schmieder at Walt Disney Concert Hall where they recorded live BrittenYoung Apollo to a high critical acclaim. In June 2024 Svetlana began collaboration with Blüthner in France and Germany.
Svetlana Smolina is a Grand Prix winner of Italy’s Citta Di Senigallia International Piano Concorso, Murray Dranoff 2 piano and many other competitions. Since 2011 she has directed the piano program at the Philadelphia International Music Festival and also and on the piano faculty at Irvine Valley College and London Performing Academy of Music.
