Elena Toponogova – piano

The Programme

Elena Toponogova – piano

from A musical picture book, Op 30
2. The clock
4. The angel
5. Little Ida’s flowers

Three Sketches, H 68
1. April
2. Rosemary
3. Valse capricieuse

Prelude No 1, Op 11 in B minor

Prelude No 1, Op 57 in D flat major

Musical moments, Op 16
5. Adagio sostenuto in D flat major

Études-Tableaux, Op 39
5. Appassionato in E flat minor

The Artist

Elena Toponogova is a concert pianist and chamber musician based in London. Her repertoire is primarily comprised of Russian music, with a particular focus on the music of Nikolai Medtner. She recently won the prize for the best performance of a Prelude and Fugue by J S Bach at the Nuova Coppa International Piano Competition, Italy.

In 2017, Elena received a Master of Performance degree from the Royal College of Music, studying under Norma Fisher. Her studies were generously supported by the Norah Seary Trust, Altrusa Careers Trust, the Future of Russia Foundation and Tsukanov Family Foundation. She participated in numerous masterclasses with such world-renowned pianists as Dirk Mommertz (Fauré Quartet), Grigory Gruzman and Irina Chukovskaya, and was selected to study at the Academie de Musique Riviera in Switzerland with Pavel Gililov with the support of the Help Musicians UK Transmission Fund grant.

Elena has taken part in many international festivals including Blanc European Festival, the Chichester Festival and the Bloomsbury Festival. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Russia, and has appeared at the prestigious Salzburg Wiener Saal, Amaryllis Fleming Hall, V&A Museum and St Martin-in-the-Fields among many others.

In 2017, with the support of the Oleg Prokofiev Trust, she performed Prokofiev’s ‘Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova’ at the Regent Hall together with soprano Eleanor Penfold. The concert was described as “an inspiring performance” by Musical Opinion Magazine.