Anastasiya Shimchak (2007)

| Poland

State Musical Lyceum named after W. Kilara in Katowice

Professor | Zbigniew Raubo

Anastasiya was born in 2007, and began studying piano at the age of three, in the class of teacher Elena Loginova. At the age of five she performed at her first international competition, in Lithuania. During thirteen years of her studies, she has performed at many international competitions in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Belgium, France, Italy, Belarus. Anastasiya is the winner of the 1st prize at the: VII International Piano Competition in Riga, International C. Franck Competition in Belgium (also receiving the audience prize). In 2021, she has also won the 2nd prize and a special prize for the best performance of a contemporary piece at the International V. Krainev Competition for Young Pianists in Kharkiv. Anastasiya is the winner of the International V. Krainev Competition in Moscow, the 4th prize winner of the V. Horowitz International Competition in Kiev, winner of the grand prix of the Competition "Palesky Agenchyk". She is currently studying at the V. Kilara State Musical Lyceum in Katowice, in the class of prof. Zbigniew Raubo.