Nathalia Milstein

Born in 1995 to a family of musicians, Nathalia Milstein starts the piano at the age of 4 with her father Serguei Milstein and enters his class in the Geneva Conservatory of Music in 2009. In 2013, Nathalia enters the class of Nelson Goerner at the Geneva Haute Ecole de Musique, where she completes her Bachelor and Master’s degrees with distinction. In 2017, Nathalia moves to Berlin to study at the Barenboim-Said Akademie, first with Nelson Goerner, then in the newly created studio of Andras Schiff.

Nathalia launches her international career in 2015 by winning 1st Prize at the Dublin International Piano Competition and has been since then invited to halls such as the National Concert Hall in Dublin, the Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall) in New York, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig or the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.

Nathalia is a prizewinner of several youth competitions, among others the “Flame” Competition in Paris and the Manchester International Concerto Competition. Later on she became laureate of the 2013 Grand Concours International de Piano in Corbelin (France) and the 2014 Adilia Alieva Piano Competition in Gaillard (France). She was also awarded the Young Soloist Prize by the Médias Francophones Publics in 2017.

2022 Festival Performances include:
Mozart Variations in G minor K.360 with Mairéad Hickey
Richard Stauss Violin Sonata Op.18 with Mairéad Hickey
Rachmaninov Two Pieces Op.2 with Ella van Poucke
Janáček Pohádka with Ella van Poucke
Chopin Cello Sonata Op.65 with Ella van Poucke
Brahms Piano Trio in C major Op.101 with Mairéad Hickey and Ella van Poucke
Dvořák Piano Trio in F Op.65 with Mairéad Hickey and Ella van Poucke
Scriabin Piano Sonata No.10 Op.70
Bartók Piano Sonata Sz.80
Debussy Suite Bergamesque
Schubert Wanderer-Fantasie D.760