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         Nathalia Milstein was born into a musical family in 1995 in France and received her first piano lessons at the age of 4 from her father Serguei Milstein. She went on to study the piano with Nelson Goerner at the Geneva Haute Ecole de Musique, where she completed Bachelor and Master’s degrees with distinction, and with Sir András Schiff at the Barenboim-Saïd Akademie in Berlin. In addition, Nathalia attended masterclasses with renowned professors and pianists such as Daniel Barenboim, Menahem Pressler, Mikhail Voskressensky, Emanuel Krasovsky, Elena Ashkenazy, Jan Wijn, and Enrico Pace.

Nathalia’s international career took off in 2015, when she won 1st Prize at the Dublin International Piano Competition. In 2017 she was also awarded the Young Soloist Prize by the Médias Francophones Publics. She has since been invited to renowned concert venues such as the National Concert Hall in Dublin, the Zankel Hall in New York, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, and the Radio France Auditorium in Paris. Moreover, she has joined orchestras such as the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, the Boulez Ensemble, and the Paris and Geneva Chamber Orchestras, working with conductors such as Matthias Pintscher, John Storgårds, Christoph Koncz, and Arie van Beek.

In France, she regularly performs at renowned concert series and with major orchestras. Her recent appearances include concerts with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Renaud Capuçon, Orchestre de Paris under the direction of Xu Zhong, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under the direction of Anna Rakitina.

At home and abroad she enjoys participating in festivals such as La Roque d'Anthéron, the Heidelberger Frühling, Piano aux Jacobins, Flâneries Musicales de Reims, Grachtenfestival, New Ross Piano Festival, Zaubersee Festival, and Radio France Festival. As part of the “Building Bridges” program curated by Sir András Schiff, Nathalia has gained valuable experience performing in renowned concert venues across Europe. 

A keen chamber musician, Nathalia also regularly performs with renowned musicians, joining them at international chamber music events, such as the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, the West Cork Festival in Ireland, Lavaux Classic in Switzerland, and the Schiermonnikoog Festival in the Netherlands.

Her most recent international orchestra highlights include collaborations with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne performing Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto under the baton of Miguel Pérez Iñesta, the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande under the baton of Jonathan Nott.

Throughout the 2024/25 season, Nathalia will appear as a soloist and chamber music partner in various venues across Europe. Her performances with orchestra will include debuts with the Bremen Philharmoniker conducted by Ulf Schirmer and the Saint Etienne Opera Orchestra conducted by Sasha Yankevych with Schostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2, a participation in a show around Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Soundwave Collective in several venues in the Netherlands, as well as a Dutch tour with the Phion Orchestra conducted by Bas Wiegers playing the Brahms’s monumental 2nd Concerto.

Nathalia’s discography is already impressive: supported by the Safran Foundation (Paris) and the Fondation Tempo (Geneva), Nathalia's debut solo CD features works by Prokofiev and Ravel and was released by the French label Mirare in 2018. Her second album, “Visions Fugitives”, was released in September 2021 and was awarded the “Choc Classica” as one of the best recordings of 2021. She also recorded Stravinsky's “Capriccio” with Mikko Franck and the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra as part of an album dedicated to the composer and released by Alpha Classics in September 2022.

Moreover, Nathalia has been playing in a duo with her sister, violinist Maria Milstein, for several years. Together, they have recorded two albums - “La Sonate de Vinteuil” (2017) and “Ravel Voyageur” (2019), both released by Mirare and praised by international critics. In September 2024 they are releasing their third recording, a double album dedicated to the complete works of Schubert for violin and piano. A complete performance of these works live is planned during the French festival La Folle Journée in Nantes in January 2025.

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