Natalya Lundtvedt

Natalya Lundtvedt is a native of Minsk, Belarus. She began her piano studies at age 6. In Minsk she studied at Glinka State High School for gifted children and Belarus State Academy of Music, graduating with honors. In 2001, she was awarded a full scholarship at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she studied under Professor Mack McCray and earned a Master in Musical Arts degree in 2003. She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2009 while she studied under Professor Vitaly Margulis.

She has participated in competitions and was awarded honors at the Belarus Liszt National Competition, Minsk, Belarus in 1994. In 1997, she became a laureate at Milosh Magin International Piano competition in Paris, France. In 2003, she was awarded First Prize in the Young Artist Award competition in California. In 2007, she earned Second Prize at the Russian School Piano Festival Competition in Freiburg, Germany. In 2009, she participated in two competitions where she won First Prize in the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in New York and a special prize for the Best Performance of a Contemporary Piece in the Gabala International Piano Competition in Azerbaijan.

Her performances in festivals includes the International Piano Festival at Mannes College of Music in New York, Music at Rowan University Festival in New Jersey, Northern Lights Music Festival in Minnesota, Russian School Piano Festival in Freiburg, Germany, and Pine Musica Festival in Imola, Italy.

She has performed with the Belarus Philharmonic Society, the Belarus Symphony, the Russian Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, Mission College Symphony, Nova Vista Symphony, Mission Chamber Orchestra and Redwood Symphony. Her soloist career also includes performances in Fest der Innenhofe concert series in Germany, the Mozart & Company concert series in Los Angeles, Apollo Arts concert series in Northern California, and in San Francisco area performances with Noontime Concerts series, Old First Concerts series and First Sundays Concerts series. She is also a performing artist with Steinway Society of the Bay Area. In May 2009, she made her successful debut at the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, New York. From February 2018 she regularly performs for a prestigious Silicon Valley League of the San Francisco Symphony.

Her piano competition judging experience includes MTAC Piano Concerto Solo Competition and Bay Area Music Association’s Music Legacy Open Competition. Every year she is invited to judge the Young Pianist Beethoven Competition at the San Jose State University.

Natalya is currently teaching award-winning students as a faculty member at Lena Grozman Piano School and at her own piano studio.