With her multi-faceted playing described as “dazzling,” VALENTINA LISITSA is at ease in a vast repertoire ranging from Bach and Mozart to Shostakovich and Bernstein. Her orchestral repertoire alone includes more than 40 concertos. She admits to having a special affinity for the music of Rachmaninoff and Beethoven, and continues to add to her vast repertoire each season.

In May 2010, Valentina Lisitsa performed the Dutch premiere of Rachmaninoff’s “New 5th” Concerto in her debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and in August 2011 she made her debut with the Orchestra Sinfonica Brasileira under the baton of Lorin Maazel. Previous highlights include debuts with the Chicago Symphony, Seattle Symphony, WDR Cologne, Seoul Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and the Pittsburgh Symphony, collaborating with conductors Manfred Honeck, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Jukka-Pekka Saraste, among others. Her 2011/12 season will feature debut performances with the Helsinki Philharmonic and the Colorado Symphony, and recitals at Ravinia, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and the Casals Festival.

Lisitsa has recorded three independently released DVDs, including her best-selling set of Chopin’s 24 Etudes, which long held the coveted No. 1 spot on the Amazon music video list. A champion in the use of new media, Lisitsa pushes traditional boundaries to reach out to audiences around the globe. With more than 30 million YouTube channel views, Valentina Lisitsa is one of the most sought-after classical musicians on the Web. Last summer, thousands of music fans worldwide witnessed bedazzled the live broadcast of Lisitsa’s practice sessions, allowing her to show a different aspect of her artistic persona. For two weeks, world audiences watched Lisitsa learn and prepare to the utmost detail almost four hours of new music in daily 14-hour-long sessions. Similar initiatives followed for the recording sessions of her upcoming CDs, receiving enthusiastic approval and support from fans around the world. In addition, Lisitsa has recently completed recordings of the complete Rachmaninoff concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the London Symphony Orchestra under conductor Michael Francis.

For more information, please visit valentinalisitsa.com. Valentina Lisitsa is represented worldwide by Tanja Dorn at IMG Artists.