Lana Ivanov has distinguished herself as a performer, and a remarkably insightful, technical and artistic pedagogue. The inaugural first prize winner of the Summit Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and numerous other awards, Ms. Ivanov has the distinct honor of being the only recipient to receive the Gina Robinor Pedagogy Award of Excellence presented by the Piano Teacher's Society of America both as a piano student in 1986 & 1987 and as a teacher in 1989, 1990, 1992 - 1995.
In 1988, Ms. Ivanov received her Bachelor of Music from the prestigious Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Piano Professor, Zenon Fishbein. Maintaining her philosophy to learn without limitation, in 1991 and 1992 Ms. Ivanov has attended the International Bartók Festival in Hungary studying under the renowned pianist Zoltán Kocsis.
From 1994-2023, Ms. Ivanov became the Artistic Director and a faculty member of the Shandelee Music Festival (www.shandelee.org), since 1996, she has been the Executive Director of the Young Pianist Competition for New Jersey.(www.youngpianist.org) In the summer of 2000, Ms. Ivanov was invited to join the piano faculty of Festival “Musica in Laguna” (www.almc.it) Chioggia (Italy) and in 2012, she joined Narnia Arts Academy (www.narniaartsacademy.com) Narni (Italy) as a faculty member as well as the Educational and Artistic Administrator. From 2016 - 2019 Ms. Ivanov became the Artistic Director of the PLAY the Classics Series held at the prestigious Bethel Woods Center for the Performing Arts (www.bethelwoodscenter.org)
Ms. Ivanov maintains a very busy private practice. Many of her students are recipients of numerous prizes and are winners of such competition as Piano Teachers Congress of New York’s Young Pianists Competition, New Jersey Music Teachers Association’s Young Artists Competition for Piano, The Cecilian Music Club Young Artist Competition, Piano Teacher's Society of America’s Solo & Ensemble Competitions, Show Case for Exceptional Young Artists in Plainfield, NJ, Russian Festival Competition, sponsored by the Talented Young Musicians Association and Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey’s Concerto, Ensemble, Solo & Young Artist Divisions. Many of her students have appeared at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and Steinway Hall in New York City, Bethel Woods Event Gallery, & the Shandelee’s Sunset Concert Pavilion, New York as well as with the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra (New Jersey) and Orchestra Sinfonica del Festival di Chioggia(Italy).
Ms. Ivanov frequently gives master classes for the Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey and at the Shimon and Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center (New Jersey). She was invited by the Kazakh National Academy (Astana, Kazakhstan) to give a series of lectures and master classes in December of 2004, April/May 2005 and again in February 2006.
Ms. Ivanov adjudicated numerous competitions in the United States, such as the Young People’s Music Program Annual Competition sponsored by the Chinese American Cultural Association (New Jersey), the 2001, 2005 & 2006, Spring Piano Festival sponsored by the New Jersey Music Teachers Association, the 2003 Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey’s Young Artist Division, the 2009 Winter Competition sponsored by the Connecticut State Music Teachers Association, the 2010 Russian Music Competition sponsored by the Talented Young Musician Association and the 2011 Connecticut State Music Teachers Association’s Audrey Thayer's Piano Competition-Hartford Chapter (Hartford, CT).
Ms. Ivanov also adjudicated International Competitions in Italy, such as the Festival “Musica in Laguna” International Concerto & Solo Competitions – Junior & Senior Divisions (2003 – 2013 Chioggia, VE), the Lorenzo Perosi International Competition (2007 Tortona), and the Saint Giorgio Music Association’s Cervo Younger Musicians Festival (2009 Cervo). Ms. Ivanov was invited by the Kazakh National Academy to adjudicate the 2006 & 2008 Astana-Merey International Piano Competition (Astana) and by the Kazakh National University of Arts to adjudicate the 20th International Competition for the Youth “Shabyt” (2017).
In 1988, Ms. Ivanov received her Bachelor of Music from the prestigious Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Piano Professor, Zenon Fishbein. Maintaining her philosophy to learn without limitation, in 1991 and 1992 Ms. Ivanov has attended the International Bartók Festival in Hungary studying under the renowned pianist Zoltán Kocsis.
From 1994-2023, Ms. Ivanov became the Artistic Director and a faculty member of the Shandelee Music Festival (www.shandelee.org), since 1996, she has been the Executive Director of the Young Pianist Competition for New Jersey.(www.youngpianist.org) In the summer of 2000, Ms. Ivanov was invited to join the piano faculty of Festival “Musica in Laguna” (www.almc.it) Chioggia (Italy) and in 2012, she joined Narnia Arts Academy (www.narniaartsacademy.com) Narni (Italy) as a faculty member as well as the Educational and Artistic Administrator. From 2016 - 2019 Ms. Ivanov became the Artistic Director of the PLAY the Classics Series held at the prestigious Bethel Woods Center for the Performing Arts (www.bethelwoodscenter.org)
Ms. Ivanov maintains a very busy private practice. Many of her students are recipients of numerous prizes and are winners of such competition as Piano Teachers Congress of New York’s Young Pianists Competition, New Jersey Music Teachers Association’s Young Artists Competition for Piano, The Cecilian Music Club Young Artist Competition, Piano Teacher's Society of America’s Solo & Ensemble Competitions, Show Case for Exceptional Young Artists in Plainfield, NJ, Russian Festival Competition, sponsored by the Talented Young Musicians Association and Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey’s Concerto, Ensemble, Solo & Young Artist Divisions. Many of her students have appeared at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and Steinway Hall in New York City, Bethel Woods Event Gallery, & the Shandelee’s Sunset Concert Pavilion, New York as well as with the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra (New Jersey) and Orchestra Sinfonica del Festival di Chioggia(Italy).
Ms. Ivanov frequently gives master classes for the Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey and at the Shimon and Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center (New Jersey). She was invited by the Kazakh National Academy (Astana, Kazakhstan) to give a series of lectures and master classes in December of 2004, April/May 2005 and again in February 2006.
Ms. Ivanov adjudicated numerous competitions in the United States, such as the Young People’s Music Program Annual Competition sponsored by the Chinese American Cultural Association (New Jersey), the 2001, 2005 & 2006, Spring Piano Festival sponsored by the New Jersey Music Teachers Association, the 2003 Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey’s Young Artist Division, the 2009 Winter Competition sponsored by the Connecticut State Music Teachers Association, the 2010 Russian Music Competition sponsored by the Talented Young Musician Association and the 2011 Connecticut State Music Teachers Association’s Audrey Thayer's Piano Competition-Hartford Chapter (Hartford, CT).
Ms. Ivanov also adjudicated International Competitions in Italy, such as the Festival “Musica in Laguna” International Concerto & Solo Competitions – Junior & Senior Divisions (2003 – 2013 Chioggia, VE), the Lorenzo Perosi International Competition (2007 Tortona), and the Saint Giorgio Music Association’s Cervo Younger Musicians Festival (2009 Cervo). Ms. Ivanov was invited by the Kazakh National Academy to adjudicate the 2006 & 2008 Astana-Merey International Piano Competition (Astana) and by the Kazakh National University of Arts to adjudicate the 20th International Competition for the Youth “Shabyt” (2017).
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