Natalya V. Anchutina

Performer and educator.

She was born in the settlement of Verkhne‑Dneprovsky, Dorogobuzh District, Smolensk Region, in 1981.

She received her initial musical education at the Children’s Music School in the town of Dorogobuzh (domra class of I. A. Stasevich). In 2000 she graduated from the Smolensk Music College (domra class of E. I. Igosheva), in 2005 from the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (domra class of People’s Artist of Russia, Professor A. A. Tsygankov), and in 2007 she completed an assistant traineeship there (supervisor — Professor A. A. Tsygankov).

In 2021 she defended her dissertation «Formation of Cultural and Educational Competences of Performing Musicians on String Folk Instruments at University».

She is laureate of Second Prize at the 6th All‑Russian Folk Instrument Performance Competition (Tver, 2001) and laureate of First Prize at the 5th International Folk Instrument Performance Competition «Cup of the North» (Cherepovets, 2004).

She is actively engaged in concert work. As a domra player she vividly and widely promotes Russian performing culture abroad (in many cities of Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, France, and Spain).

Since 2007 she has performed in a duo with German pianist Lothar Freund. Over this period they have given 2 000 concerts in many countries of the world.

Natalia Anchutina’s concert performances have been broadcast on German television and radio on the channels «HR» and «SWR».

A unique achievement of the «Domrapiano» duo was a musical and educational project presented in 2017 at Carnegie Hall in New York, USA. For the first time in the history of the folk‑instrument performance genre, a solo domra recital took place on this renowned stage.

She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras of Russian folk instruments, including:

• the N. P. Osipov National Academic Folk Orchestra of Russia (conductors Nikolay Kalinин, Viktor Kuzovlev);
• the Municipal Russian Folk Instrument Orchestra «Struny Rusi» of Yaroslavl (conductor Evgeny Ageev);
• the Russian Folk Instrument Orchestra of the Kostroma Philharmonic (conductor Vladimir Sorozhkin);
• the Russian Folk Instrument Orchestra of the Smolensk Regional Philharmonic (conductors Nikolay Kalinин, Igor Gromov, Evgeny Lytkin, Igor Kazhdan);
• the Russian Folk Instrument Orchestra «Rossiyane» of Tambov (conductor Yuri Khramov).

In December 2012 a series of her solo performances took place with the symphony orchestra of Frankfurt am Main «Johann‑Strauss‑Orchester» (Germany).

Natalia Anchutina’s solo concerts have been held with great success in many cities across Russia, including Moscow, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Smolensk, Kursk, Astrakhan, Bryansk, Tambov, Tver, Belgorod, Saratov, Orel, Minsk, and Yakutsk.

Critics have repeatedly noted the exceptionally colourful and powerful concert sound of the instrument in her hands, her brilliant technique, and her artistic mastery of all styles. For this reason many composers entrust her with the premiere performances of their works and gratefully dedicate new pieces to Natalia Anchutina.

In 2007 she released the CD «Saitenmalerei» as a duo with German pianist Lothar Freund. In 2010 the second CD «Domrapiano» was issued, also with German pianist Lothar Freund. In 2012 the CD «Dreams of Love» by the «Domrapiano» duo with symphony orchestra was recorded in Germany. In 2018 the fourth CD «Domrapiano» was released.

Natalia Anchutina is one of the performers featured on Tatiana Sergeeva’s CDs «Evening at the Estate» and «Dreams of the Past» (Art‑Service label, 2008 and 2010), on soprano Vera Sokolova’s solo CD «Songs of Love» playing mandolin (Art‑Service, 2010), on Tatiana Sergeeva’s solo CD «Etude» playing domra (Art‑Service, 2013), on Tatiana Sergeeva’s solo CD «Tell Me» playing mandolin (Art‑Service, 2014), on Tatiana Sergeeva’s solo CD «At the Estate» playing domra (Art‑Service, 2005), and on bass Ivan Vikharev’s solo CDs «Lilac Branch» and «Bird‑Cherry’s Silver Hoarfrost» playing domra (Art‑Service, 2011).

She began her teaching career in 2005 at the Ippolitov‑Ivanov State Musical Pedagogical Institute. Since 2007 she has taught at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. Since 2014 she has been Associate Professor in the Department of String Folk Instruments at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music.

N. V. Anchutina regularly gives masterclasses in cities across Russia and serves on the juries of performance competitions at all levels.

Her students have repeatedly become laureates of all‑Russian and international competitions, among them Irina Aleksandrovskaya (Popova), Dariy Archuadze, Vladislav Afanasyev, Ekaterina Vinogradova (Bagrey), Elizaveta Dmitrichenkova, Maria Yerkina, Anastasia Zhbadinskaya, Anastasia Zakharova, Anastasia Kostenyevich, Alexey Kulebyakin, Ilya Lelenkov, Ravil Lirov, Alexander Rybalko, Anna Stekacheva, and Ekaterina Surnacheva. Graduates and students of N. V. Anchutina are engaged in concert activities, perform in leading ensembles, and teach in secondary educational institutions and children’s music schools.

Publications:

• (VAK) Anchutina N. V. Development of Organizational Skills in Performing Musicians as a Condition for the Formation of Cultural and Educational Competences / N. V. Anchutina // Mir nauki, kultury, obrazovaniya. – 2021. – No. 4 (89). – Pp. 249–252. (0.3 printed sheet);
• (VAK) Anchutina N. V. The Importance of Applied Competences of a Performing Musician in the System of Higher Professional Education / N. V. Anchutina // Mir nauki, kultury, obrazovaniya. – 2021. – No. 4 (89). – Pp. 252–254. (0.2 printed sheet);
• (VAK) Anchutina N. V. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Studying 20th‑Century Music / N. V. Anchutina // Uchenye zapiski Rossiyskogo gosudarstvennogo sotsialnogo universiteta. – 2019. – Vol. 18. – No. 4 (153). – Pp. 146–154. (0.6 printed sheet);
• (VAK) Anchutina N. V. Alexander Tsygankov at Sixty! / N. V. Anchutina // Narodnik. – 2008. – No. 3. – Pp. 39–44. (0.4 printed sheet);
• (VAK) Anchutina N. V. A Bow on the Domra?! On Tatiana Sergeeva’s New Playing Technique / N. V. Anchutina // Narodnik. – 2007. – No. 3. – Pp. 31–33. (0.2 printed sheet);
• Anchutina N. V. Specificity of Using Computer Technologies for Creation of Musical Compositions / M. V. Pereverzeva, N. V. Anchutina, E. Y. Ivanova, M. G. Kruglova, O. G. Orekhova // Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems. – 2020. – No. 3. – Pp. 792–797. (0.5 printed sheet / 0.1 printed sheet);
• Anchutina N. V. Problems of Formation of Cultural and Educational Competences among Performers on Folk Instruments / N. V. Anchutina // Contemporary Problems of Social Work. – 2020. – Vol. 6. – No. 1 (21). – Pp. 22–28. (0.4 printed sheet);
• Anchutina N. V. Forms of Cultural and Educational Work by Performing Musicians on Folk Instruments / N. V. Anchutina // Kultura, iskusstvo, obrazovanie: tsifrovizatsiya, geymifikatsiya…: collected papers of the research and practical conference (24 February 2021). – 2021. – Pp. 150–156. (0.4 printed sheet).

Educational publications:

• Anchutina N. V. [Performance edition of the domra part] / N. V. Anchutina // Sergeeva T. Pieces for Domra and Piano: collection. – Moscow: Kompozitor, 2010. – 36, 10 p.;
• Anchutina N. V. Curriculum for Students of Music Universities, Specialisation 050900 «Instrumental Performance» / N. V. Anchutina; Ippolitov‑Ivanov State Musical Pedagogical Institute. – Moscow, 2011. – 22 p.;
• Anchutina N. V. «Natali» [music]: a suite of transcriptions for domra and piano / transcr. by N. Anchutina and T. Sergeeva; domra part ed. by N. Anchutina. – Moscow: Music Well, . – 20, 9 p.;
• Anchutina N. V. Major Scales, Arpeggios and Exercises for Three‑String Domra / N. V. Anchutina. – Moscow: Musik Well, 2014. – 104 p.;
• Anchutina N. V. [Performance edition of the domra part] / N. V. Anchutina // Sergeeva T. Two Salon Pieces: Mazurka and Waltz. – Moscow: Musik Well, 2016. – 24, 12 p.;
• Anchutina N. V. [Transcription of the domra part] / N. V. Anchutina // Berezovsky M. Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord (Piano) in C Major. – Moscow: Musik Well, 2019. – 20, 8 p.;
• Anchutina N. V. Major Scales, Arpeggios and Exercises for Three‑String Domra / N. V. Anchutina. – Moscow: Musik Well, 2019. – 104 p.;
• Anchutina N. V. Methodological Recommendations for Working on New Compositions by T. Sergeeva / N. V. Anchutina // T. Sergeeva. Pieces for Domra and Piano: collection. – Moscow: Kompozitor, 2010. – Pp. 31–36;
• Anchutina N. V. Cultural and Educational Activities in Cultural Institutions of the 21st Century: textbook / N. V. Anchutina, A. V. Kamenets, A. I. Shcherbakova, N. I. Anufrieva, I. S. Avramkova, M. G. Kruglova, E. Y. Ivanova. – Moscow: RGSU, 2020. – 112 p.

Personal website: http://www.domrapiano.de/