Irina Lyakhovskaya is a highly regarded pianist performing as a soloist, chamber
musician and accompanist. She has given many performances at leading international
venues including the Southbank Centre, Wigmore Hall, Symphony Hall, Cadogan Hall,
Kings Place and St John’s Smith Square, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Smetana Hall
and Porto Coliseum and at concert clubs and festivals across the UK. In 2016 – 2020
she was an Artist in Residence at Eastbourne Arts Centre where she performed the
complete Beethoven piano sonatas in a cycle of 8 concerts.
As a concerto soloist, she has performed works by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven,
Chopin, Schumann, Grieg, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Skryabin and Rachmaninov. She
lives in London and is a faculty member at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and
Dance. Born in St Petersburg, she studied with Alexander Sandler at the St Petersburg
Conservatoire and with John Bingham in London.
As an active chamber musician, Irina performs regularly in recitals with many
renowned performers, including cycles of complete violin works by Beethoven,
Brahms, Schumann and Schubert. She has also recorded the complete Mozart
sonatas with violinist Eleanor Percy for the Melodiya label as well as sonatas by
Brahms and Prokofiev for the IMLab label.
She is a member of the City Soloists Ensemble and Libre Piano Trio.