“… the possessor of a comprehensive technique who brings an inner glow to every bar. [. . .] Poetic and pianistic command could hardly go further.”― Gramophone

“…one of the most interesting and unusual pianists today. She has superb technical abilities, but it is her personal intuition in the music she plays that is special. I would be interested to hear anything she does and that is rare.”— Grammy-nominated pianist Stephen Kovacevich

Gramophone describes Zlata Chochieva as “the possessor of a comprehensive technique who brings an inner glow to every bar.”

Zlata made her first stage appearance at age five, and gave her debut with an orchestra two years later performing Mozart’s Concerto No. 17 at Grand Hall of Moscow State Conservatory. When she was 12, the Moscow-born prodigy gave a full recital at the Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, broadcast on Russian television, which prompted an enthusiastic newspaper critic to write, “One was impressed with no means childish contents of the concert programme. And yet—the meaningfulness of style, combined with the technical boundlessness.”

She then caught the attention of Mikhail Pletnev, and was invited to play with the Russian National Orchestra and study with Pletnev as one of only two students at that time. In 2005, Zlata was named Honorable Artist of the North Ossetia Republic, becoming the youngest ever artist to hold such a distinction. In 2012, she graduated with distinction from Moscow State Conservatory under the instruction of Pavel Nersessian.

Zlata Chochieva continues to gain fame and recognition, including top prizes in 14 international competitions. She has played in the world’s leading concert halls as a soloist and with major orchestras including the Russian National Orchestra, the Danish Tivoli Orchestra, and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.

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