Ekaterina Dershavina

Russian classical pianist, born in 1967 in Moscow, Soviet Union. Ekaterina Derzhavina started playing the piano at the age of 6. Her studies were first at the Specialized Gnessins Moscow Music School, then at the Gnessins Russian Music Academy, where she also finished the post-graduate course. Her professors were Yuri Polunin, Valeria Polunina and Vladimir Tropp.