Valentina Lisitsa

Ukrainian-born, American classical pianist, born December 11, 1973 in Kyiv of Polish-Russian descent. She now resides in North Carolina, US. She attended the Kyiv Secondary Specialized Music School, and later, together with her future husband, Oleksiy Kuznetsov, she studied with Lyudmila Tsvirko at the Kyiv Conservatory. In 1984, in a duet with violinist Tatyana Polyachok.