In 2009 she graduated with honours from the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (class of Professor S. E. Senkov). Specialisation: 07.01.65 Instrumental Performance (by instrument: piano, organ). Qualification: concert performer, chamber ensemble artist, accompanist, teacher.
In 2012 she completed postgraduate studies at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (class of Professor S. E. Senkov). Specialisation: 17.00.02 Music Art. Musicology.
In addition to her studies at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, Yu. V. Fedorova refined her performing skills under Professor Jonty Solomon of Trinity College London and Professor Paolo Giacometti of the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf.
Laureate of international competitions:
- Festival of European Conservatories (Aarhus, Denmark, 2006, laureate);
- Russian Festival of Young Artists «Art Mix» (Cannes, France, 2009, laureate of the “Le Rayonnement” International Foundation Prize, Monaco–Russia);
- Chopin Festival (Kartuzy, Poland, 2010, winner);
- International Competition «Music of the World» (Moscow, 2012, winner);
- International Rubinstein Piano Competition (Paris, 2012, winner).
Since September 2010 she has taught in the Department of Piano Performance, initially working as assistant to Professor S. E. Senkov; since February 2015 she has led her own class.
Among the students of Yu. V. Fedorova are prizewinners of competitions:
- Ren Kim (DPRK) – laureate of the 6th International Competition for Performing Musicians and Composers «Romanticism: Origins and Horizons». Moscow, June 2015;
- Aleksey Kuznetsov – winner of the 9th International Piano Competition «The Path to Mastery». Moscow, December 2015;
- Aleksey Kuznetsov – winner of the St. Petersburg Music House project «River of Talents». St. Petersburg, September 2016;
- Daria Vinokurova – diploma winner of the 9th International S. I. Savshinsky Competition. St. Petersburg, January 2018.
Yu. V. Fedorova actively performs in Moscow and other Russian cities; of particular note is her close artistic collaboration with the Kaluga House of Music and the Kaluga Municipal Chamber Orchestra under A. Levin. Masterclasses and lectures by Yu. V. Fedorova for students and teachers of music schools in Kaluga and the region are also organised there annually.
In 2016 and 2017 she served as a member of the jury of the Moscow Regional Open Competition for Young Pianists «Ancient Dances» (Dolgoprudny Urban District).
Yulia Fedorova combines intensive teaching and concert activities with research work. Her interests lie both in the field of musicology and of pedagogy.
She is the author of the textbook «Some Aspects of Preparing a Pianist for Concert Performance». Moscow, «Buki-Vedi», 2017. Article «The First and Fourth Piano Concertos by Rachmaninoff: Parallels, Contrasts, Versions» in: Materials of the 1st Scholarly Meeting in Memory of S. V. Rachmaninoff, 23–24 May 2014 / S. V. Rachmaninoff Museum-Estate «Ivanovka». Ivanovka: Pershin R. V. Publishing House, 2015.
