News of the International Competitions "The Muse" and "The Muse Junior"

We have added a new video - The Muse Intro 2009. It is an introduction to our two competitions for this year: 5th International Piano Competition "The Muse" and the International Competition for Young Pianists, Violinists, and Cellists "The Muse Junior". You may watch it here.

We have finally put together and added some videos from the competition on our website.. Check them out.

We are very excited to announce that "The Muse" Competition, which has already established and earned a good name among College and Conservatory pianists, invites musicians of a younger generation this year. In September of 2009, the new contest – International Competition for Young Musicians “The Muse Junior” will be open for younger participants in categories of piano, violin, and cello. Please, check out the new section on our website.

Though, with a little delay, we would like to bring to your attention that the 4th International Piano Competition "The Muse" is over for this year. We congratulate all the participants of the competition and are happy to inform you on the results of the 2008 competition! Follow this link for all the details.

We would like to sincerely congratulate one of the prize winners of the 3rd International Piano Competition "The Muse" Tatiana Kraeva with receiving Third Prize at the Piano Competition in Gaillard, France in June 2008. Well done!

The Organizing Committee is proud to announce the Jury members for the 4th International Piano Competition “The Muse”! We are excited that such excellent musicians will be on the Jury panel this year. You can find out who they are here.

We have recently made a short introductory video about the 4th International Piano Competition “The Muse”, which you can watch here

This year we are in the happy position to announce that with the added support of our partners, participants advancing to the 2nd round will be offered free hotel accommodation between September 4 and the end of the competition (September 9).

Our site has been expanded: you can now look at those, who are "behind the scene", but are an extremely important part of the competition - the Organizing Committee. Check them out here

We would like to congratulate cellist Christophor Miroshnikov, one of the members of "The Muse" association, with his successfull concerts during this fall with maestro Vladiimir Fedoseyev and the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra in Moscow and cities of the UK; with french pianist Melina Burlaud in Paris; with maestro Christopher Warren-Green and the Camerata Chamber Orchestra in Athens.

We updated the Results 2007 page with the names of the prize winners of and photos from the 3rd International Piano Competition "The Muse" in Santorini 2007. Enjoy!

The competition is now almost over! There are only Closing Ceremony and the Winners Concert left for tonight… and a party of course. The level of the competition was very high and all the finalists deserved to win. However, competition is a competition and the prizes have to be awarded. The results are as follow:

Tatiana PAVLICHUK (Ukraine)
Mark TARATUSHKIN (Russia)
Anastasia GOROKHOVTSEVA (Russia)

Our past prize-winner Japanese pianist Eri Yamamoto won the 14th International Brahms Competition at Portschach am Worthersee, Carinthia, Austria in September 2007. Congratulations to Eri!

The list of the jury members for the 3rd International Piano Competition "The Muse" were just posted in our Jury section!

One of the members of "The Muse" association, cellist Christophor Miroshnikov, together with the pianist and the Artistic Director of "The Muse" Natalia Miroshnikova gave a recital at the Parnassos Concert Hall in Athens. The two have already worked together many times and this time they joined on stage for the performance of original works and transcriptions for cello and piano by Chopin, Schubert, Brahms and Mussorgsky.

Russian pianist Anastasia Gorokhovtseva, who received an Honorary Diploma for her Performance on the 2nd International Piano Competition “The Muse” in Santorini last summer, was awarded the 1st prize at a chamber music competition in Saint-Petersburg in February 2007. Congratulations!

One of the prize winners of the 1st International Piano Competition “The Muse” Anna Fedorova, arrived to Greece to give a piano recital at the Parnassos Concert Hall in Athens this past Monday. The audience welcomed the Russian pianist performing works by Scarlatti, Chopin and Scriabin.

We are very happy to announce that the 3rd International Piano Competition "The Muse" will take place in Santorini from the 1st until the 8th of September 2007! (Browse our website for more information)

The Final Round of the 2nd International Piano Competition in Santorini 2006 is over! The winner of the Competition is... check out the results here.

The Russian Foundation "Русский Предприниматель" (Russian Entrepreneur) has become a new partner of the 2nd International Piano Competition in Santorini! Thanks to the new partnership it has become possible to increase the monetary value of the competition prizes. For full details please see the Awards page. We would like to welcome the new friends of the competition and thank them for their support!

The winner of the 1st International Piano Competition in Santorini Tatiana Mitchko (Tessman) won another piano competition this year. She was awarded First Prize in the Senior Division of the Eleventh Missouri Southern International Piano Competition held April 24-29 on the campus of Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, MO.

The 2nd International Piano Competition in Santorini has been announced! (Browse our site for more information)

The 3rd prize winner of the 1st International Piano Competition in Santorini Anna Fedorova was awarded with the 4th prize at the Maria Yudina International Piano Competition 2006 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

Cellist Christophor Miroshnikov, one of the members of “The Muse”, performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic and Nagoya Philahrmonic orchestras under baton of Maestro Vladimir Fedoseyev in Japan. The Rococo Variations by Tchaikovsky and the Schumann Cello Concerto were performed in Bunkamura Concert Hall in Tokyo and Art Theater Concert Hall in Nagoya.

The winner of the 1st International Piano Competition in Santorini Tatiana Mitchko was awarded with the 1st prize at the 55th annual Wideman Piano Competition held in Shreveport, Louisiana in the United States.

Another member of “The Muse”, painter Natalia Kostakis presented her works at the Zverev Centre of Modern Art in Moscow, Russia. The exhibition featured artist’s paintings and graphics from different periods of her career. Visitors of the exhibition could also see the portrait collection of Mrs. Kostakis’s long time friend and a colleague, painter Anatoly Zverev.