Irina Cottone

Irina Cottone
Ed. Smilga 52-12A
Riga ,LV-1002, Latvia
+371 29 893 284
+371 20 079 148

Job Objective
I'm seeking a position as an accompanist/piano instructor

Education
Academy of Music ,09/1977-05/1982, Riga, Latvia
Piano solo, accompanist,chamber music and piano instructor
Music college, 09/1971-05/1975, Cheljabinsk, Russia
Piano solo, accompanist, chamber music

Skill summery
Pianist soloist
Accompanist- voice and chamber music
Piano instructor

Experience
Piano Teacher, 08/2001-12/2008
Purdue University of Indiana, US
Thought and instructed music in piano
Performed with Purdue Symphonic Orchestra
Assistance and accompanist 09/1982-05/2000
Academy of Music , Riga, Latvia
Assistance for Master classes with famous European singers including Horst Gross (Germany), Luee Londuee (Belgium), Mandy Rodan (Director of the Jerusalem Music Academy)
Accompanist in Opera Studio ,01/1974 – 15/1976, Riga,Latvia

Professional association
Member of TMTA (Tippecanoe Music Teacher Association),IN, US,2002

Activities and Honors
Participation in numerous chamber music festivals and concerts in US, Germany, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg).
Awarded as a best pianist- accompanist for the International Voice Contest, 1998, Riga, Latvia.
Performed solo concerts and participated in chamber music concerts as a volunteer for the Nursery Home of Lafayette, IN
Solo concert by Rimsky- Korsakov and Scriabin music in St. Petersburg
in Rimsky-Korsakov Museum , playing on Rimsky-Korsakov piano.

Musical preferences
Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Ravel, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin , Shnitke, Gavrilin

Guest performances
Solo concerts as well as with a various chamber music groups throughout Europe.
Programs included modern composers such as Raimo Kangro (Estonia), Valery Gavrilin (St. Petersburg) , Alan Hovaness(USA), Edisson Denisov (Russia) as well as performances of the works of Peteris Vasks (Latvia), performed in Moscow State Conservatory.
Performed a variety of chamber music in Duncan Hall , Lafayette, IN , with different musicians such as Pamina Bloom (flute, Germany) , Jeremy Moore (voice, USA), in piano-duo with Marc Louden (professor of Purdue University , IN,US).
Performed in numerous programs with singers including Maja Kovalevska (soprano, soloist of Metropolitan Opera ,New-York), Eduard Chudakov (bariton,Estonia ), Kristina Gailite (soprano,Latvija), Asmik Papjan (soprano, Armenia) , Horst Gross (baritone,Austria) and many others .

Interests and hobbies
Music, volunteer activities, books, opera, theater, art history, traveling, Microsoft Office at user level

Languages
English
Russian
Latvian

Courses and seminars
Participated in seminar ''Art of accompaniment'' (Riga,1997)
''Piano and voice '' (Riga, 1998)
''Baroque music '' (Riga, 1998)
Piano master classes of Dmitry Bashkirov (1983,Moscow)
Piano master classes of Artur Ozolinsh ( 1985, Canada)
Piano master classes of Jeremy Denk (Lafayette, IN, US, 2009)

Media
Performances have been described as ''attaining special spiritual depth'' ('' Today'' Latvia) ,''Delicate and bright'' (''Today'' Latvia)

References
Mr. Jay Gepart
Professor, Director of ''All -American Marching band''
Purdue University
+1 (765) 494 3953
jcgepart@purdue .edu

Mr. Horst Gross
Professor, Director Theaterwerkstatt, Nordhorn, Germany
+ 49 (845) 272 9645
hgross-teaterwerkstatt@t-online.de