Mariya V. Yanenko

In 1997 she graduated from the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (class of V. N. Levko), and in 2000 she completed an assistant traineeship in solo academic singing.

Maria Yanенко’s concert and touring activity includes annual solo recitals, participation in class concerts, and tours in Russia and abroad. Her repertoire encompasses works by Russian, foreign, and contemporary composers.

Among the students of M. V. Yanенко are prize‑winners and diploma‑holders of competitions, including:

• Alyona Rostovskaya, First Prize laureate of the 6th «New Opera World» International Competition for Opera Performers (2017), First Prize laureate of the 10th A. P. Ivanov International Vocalists’ Competition (2017), laureate of the 2nd All‑Russian Festival «Enlightenment. Initiatives. Achievements», and First Prize laureate of the competition «Performers of the 21st Century: Achievements and Enlightenment» (2014);
• Alexandra Avakivi, Third Prize laureate of the 12th «Musica Classica» International Festival‑Competition (2012);
• Natalia Georgieva, First Prize laureate of the 7th International Competition for Performing Musicians and Composers «Romanticism: Origins and Horizons» in memory of Elena Fabianovna Gnesina (2015), and Third Prize laureate of the 15th «Music Without Borders» International Festival (2015);
• Anastasia Erina, First Prize laureate of the 2nd All‑Russian Festival «Enlightenment. Initiatives. Achievements» and of the competition «Performers of the 21st Century: Achievements and Enlightenment» (2014);
• Ekaterina Marmilo, Third Prize laureate of the 42nd Competition‑Review of Graduating Vocalists of Russia’s Music Universities (2014);
• Aleksei Tolstokorov, Third Prize laureate of the 8th A. P. Ivanov International Vocalists’ Competition (2013).

M. V. Yanенко is the author of several publications, including:

• Pedagogical Practice (teaching and methodological manual, co‑authored with M. Agin and I. Duboshinskaya), Moscow: Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, 2015;
• «My Experience of Working with Beginning Singers» in Issues of Vocal Education, Moscow, 2016, pp. 212–226.

M. V. Yanенко is a laureate of all‑Russian and international competitions, including:

• the All‑Russian Competition for Vocalist‑Teachers (Kostroma, 1996);
• the Valentina Levko All‑Russian Vocalists’ Competition (Moscow, 2008);
• the 12th «Musica Classica» International Festival‑Competition (Ruza, November 2012);
• the «21st Century Art» International Competition (Lempäälä, Finland, June 2012);
• the 2nd International Competition for Vocal and Speech Teachers (Moscow, April 2012).