Irina Vinogradova

Irina Vinogradova studied at Moscow's Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Professor Naumov. In 1973 was winner of the Prague Piano Competition. She has been professor at the Moscow Conservatory since 1978 where she met Zakhar Bron, with whom she has collaborated ever since.

She has been piano accompanist to Vadim Repin when he participated in the Zion Tibor-Varga International Competition and was first prizewinner; she also accompanied Maxim Vengerov winner of the Carl Flesch Competition in London. With the latter she has appeared with Chamber Music Ensembles and performed in Europe, the U.S. and Japan.

At present she is piano professor at the Lübeck School of Music. Since 2001 she participates in the Encuentro de Música y Academia de Santander.