Maria razumovskaya biography
Described as a 'virtuoso story-teller of the piano' (Le Courrier), Dr Maria Razumovskaya has performed extensively in major festivals and venues across the..
The Faculty of Music is delighted to announce that Dr Maria Razumovskaya has been appointed as the Director of Musical Performance and Performance Studies for the academic year 2023-24.
She brings an international profile as an active pianist (solo, collaborative and radio/TV broadcast), published researcher (practice-as-research, performance studies and musicology), and teacher (professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama).
She is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, a lecturer at the City Literary Institute, guest faculty at several international music academies.
Her specialist interests includes identity-creation through performance, interactions of Soviet and post-Soviet performance practice and socio-cultural histories, and practice-as-research.
On her appointment, Maria writes: "I am excited and honoured to be supporting the students use the act of performance as powerful tool with which to study and shape the world around them.
Together we will create an environment where their performances and compositions navigate, question and offer personal responses to the stimulating diversity of ideas, comm
