Piano Duo:

Stanislava Varshavski & Diana Shapiro

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Since 1998, when Stanislava Varshavski and Diana Shapiro started to play together, their duo became one of the most renowned contemporary piano duos. Varshavski and Shapiro were laureates of numerous prestigious national and international competitions:

• 2005 – Winners at the world's biggest competition for piano duos – 10^th Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition in Miami, FL.

• 2004 – The Grand Prize at the 15^th Piano Competition “Rome 2004” (two pianos section) in Rome, Italy. They were scored 100 of 100 points for the first time in the history of 15 competitions.

• 2004 – 1^st Prize at the 15^th Piano Competition “Rome 2004” (one piano four hands section) in Rome, Italy.

• 2004 – 1^st Prize at the “Kol HaMusica” Young Artists Competition in Jerusalem, Israel.

• 2003 – 1^st Prize at the 13^th Schubert Competition in Jesenik, Czech Republic.

• 2000 – 1^st Prize at the Israel Chamber Music Competition in Jerusalem, Israel.

• 2000 – 1^st Prize at the Sharon Tabor-Fintz Competition (performed with an orchestra) in Jerusalem, Israel.

• 2000 – Top 5 at the ARD Competition in Munich, Germany.

• 1999 – 1^st Prize (and two special prizes) at the International Piano Duo Competition in Bialystok, Poland.

The ensemble participated in international festivals and performed solo recitals in Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Poland, Russia and US. Varshavski and Shapiro also appeared with number of well-known orchestras, such as the Radio Orchestra in Munich, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Moravian Chamber Orchestra and "New World" Symphony Orchestra of Miami.

   Duo Varshavski-Shapiro made numerous recordings for Bavarian Radio, Radio 4 of Hong Kong and Israeli National Radio and TV. Moreover, number of duo's performances was broadcast live on radio throughout the world.

   Stanislava and Diana hold Bachelor and Master Degrees from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where they studied under the legendary Israeli duo Alexander Tamir – Bracha Eden. Later on the duo continued their education under famous American pianist Victor Rosenbaum and in 2008 both musicians start their Doctoral degree studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.