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margin-right:6"> <b> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana" size="5" color="#666699"> Biographies: Stanislava Varshavski, Diana Shapiro</font></b></div> </div> </TD> </tr> <tr> <TD height="24" width="729" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0" nowrap> <img border="0" src="http://general.sc35.info/all_files/colorbar.gif" width="728" height="2"></TD> </tr> <TR vAlign=top> <TD height="11" width="729"><!--area Type="subhead" face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana" size="4" color="#669933" style="1"--> <DIV><B> <DIV><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif> <DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="width: 706; height: 21"> <P align="left" style="margin-left: 6; margin-top:5; margin-right:6"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana" color=#669933 size=4> Stanislava Varshavski</FONT></P></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></B></DIV><!--/area Type="subhead"--></TD></TR> <TR> <TD height="235" width="729" valign="top"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana" color="#000000" size="3"> <p style="margin-left: 6; margin-right:6" dir="ltr"> <img border="0" src="http://general.sc35.info/photos_files/stasi_best1.jpg" style="border: 5px solid #669933" align="right" width="225" height="314" hspace="6"><strong><span style="font-weight: 400">Stanislava Varshavski was born in Kharkov, Ukraine. After receiving her initial musical training at Ukraine, she proceeded with her studies at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy in Israel. There, at 1998, she together with Diana Shapiro established Varshavski-Shapiro Piano Duo. Within few years the duo won first prizes at series of international competitions, leading to a set of appearances at three continents. After studying under legendary Israeli duo Tamir-Eden, and Prof. Victor Rosenbaum in Boston, in 2011 Dr. Varshavski received her DMA degree from UW-Madison, where she studied under Prof. Martha Fischer. Besides her collaborations with leading instrumentalists, Ms. Varshavski has been also pursuing active piano education career, including teaching at number of music schools and colleges in Israel, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. In 2008, Stanislava was granted the &quot;Extraordinary Abilities in the Arts&quot; permanent US residence, as one of a small percentage of those who have risen to the top in their field of endeavor.</span></strong></font></p> </TD></TR> <tr> <TD height="24" width="729" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0" nowrap> <img border="0" src="http://general.sc35.info/all_files/colorbar.gif" width="728" height="2"></TD> </tr> <tr> <TD height="11" width="729"><!--area Type="subhead" face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana" size="4" color="#669933" style="1"--> <DIV><B> <DIV><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif> <DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="width: 698; height: 16"> <P align="left" style="margin-left: 6; margin-top:5; margin-right:6" dir="ltr"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana" color=#669933 size=4> Diana Shapiro</FONT></P></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></B></DIV><!--/area Type="subhead"--></TD> </tr> <TR> <TD height="215" width="729" valign="top"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana" color="#000000" size="2"> <p style="margin:0 6; "> <font size="3"> <img border="0" src="http://general.sc35.info/photos_files/diana_best2.jpg" style="border: 5px solid #669933" align="right" hspace="6" width="225" height="313"></font></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana" color="#000000" size="3"><span style="font-family: Arial">Diana Shapiro was born in Moscow, Russia. At the age of 17 she moved to Israel and started her studies at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy under Prof. Berkovich. At one of her classes in the Academy, she was encouraged by Prof. Alexander Tamir to try playing as a piano duo with Stanislava Varshavski. The collaboration turned to be a real success, bringing them to the top at numerous competitions worldwide, including world&#39;s biggest competition in their field - Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition. At 2005 the duo moved to Boston, where they studied under Prof. Victor Rosenbaum. In 2011 Dr. Shapiro earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from UW-Madison, where she studied under Prof. Martha Fischer. Besides being part of the piano duo, Ms. Shapiro appeared with multiple leading instrumentalists and singers in Israel, New England and Wisconsin. She also works as a piano instructor at college and pre-college level. In 2009, the US Government granted Ms. Shapiro special visa status for  Persons with Extraordinary Achievements and Abilities - a rare immigration category reserved for outstanding scientists and internationally renowned artists.</span></font></p> </TD></TR> <tr> <TD height="24" width="729" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0" nowrap> <img border="0" src="http://general.sc35.info/all_files/colorbar.gif" width="728" height="2"></TD> </tr> <tr> <TD align=middle height="140" width="729" background="http://general.sc35.info/all_files/halls.gif"> &nbsp;</TD> </tr> <tr> <TD height="24" width="729" style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; color:#000; font-family:arial,sans-serif" nowrap> <img border="0" src="http://general.sc35.info/all_files/colorbar.gif" width="728" height="2"></TD> </tr> <tr> <TD align=middle height="120" width="740"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 border=0 width="714"> <TBODY> <tr> <TD width=705 bgColor=#cccc99><!--area Type="runner" face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana" size="-2" color="#ffffff" style="0"--> <P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana" color=#ffffff size=-2> <DIV align=center>Thank you for visiting our web site! <!--"''"--> </DIV> <DIV align=center><em>Hosted by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.milliondollarhosting.net">Million Dollar Hosting</a></em></DIV> <DIV align=center>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV align=center> <!-- Free Hit Count Code START --><a href="http://www.freehitcount.com/" target="_blank"> <script>var id="piano4hands"; var showme='y'; var st='img'</script> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.freehitcount.com/pphlogger.js"></script> <noscript><img alt="free hit counter with web statistics logs" src="http://www.freehitcount.com/pphlogger.php?id=piano4hands&st=img"></noscript> </a><!-- Free Hit Count Code END --> </DIV> <DIV align=center>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV align=center>&nbsp;</DIV></FONT> <!--area Type="footer" face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana" size="-2" color="#ffffff" style="0"--><!--/area Type="footer"--><!--/area Type="runner"--></TD> </tr> </TBODY></TABLE></TD> </tr> </TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0 width="901"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD width=901> <IMG height=10 alt="" src="http://general.sc35.info/all_files/spacer.gif" width=760></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>