About

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Valeriya has received most of her musical education in New York City, where she was a full-scholarship student at Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music. A traveler, she has also studied abroad at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen. Valeriya has spent her summers at festivals such as the Perlman Music Program, Music Academy of the West, Spoleto Festival USA and YOA Orchestra of the Americas. She was a laureate of the Liezen International Competition in Austria and the Antonio Janigro International Competition in Croatia. In the past year, Valeriya has appeared as a recitalist at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall and The United Nations, as well as a chamber musician with the Thy Music Festival in Denmark. She has also appeared on Saturday Night Live, The Rachel Ray Show, and has recorded with Albany and GPR Records.

Valeriya is an active freelancer in New York City, and happily manages a studio of private students.

Music

Sonatas:
Bach, Barber, Beethoven, Boccherini, Brahms, Paganini, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Schubert, Shostakovich, Strauss, Stravinsky

Solo Cello:
Bach, Cassado, Kodaly, Ligeti, Penderecki, Sollima

Short Pieces:
Bloch, Bruch, Davydov, Dvorak, Faure, Glazunov, Gliere, Granados, Lyatoshinsky, Paganini, Popper, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saens, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Zeitlin

Chamber Music:
Duos - Ravel, Kodaly, Rossini, Villa-Lobos
Trios - Arensky, JC Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Copland, Didorenko, Dohnanyi, Dvorak, Haydn, Ljova, Martinu, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Part, Previn, Raickovich, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schoenfield, Schubert, Schumann, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky
Quartets - Auerbach, Bartok, Beethoven, Boguinia, Brahms, Debussy, Friedman, Frisch, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Mozart, Prokofiev, Ravel, Schubert, Schumann, Shaw
Larger Ensembles - Bermel, Brahms, Dvorak, Mahler, Schoenberg, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams, Villa-Lobos

Audio

Past groupmuses (9)

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  Outdoors

  Tribute to Ukrainian Music @ Central Park

  Thursday, Jul 14, 2022 7:45 PM MDT

  • Neighborhood: upper west side
  • Composers: Variety of Ukrainian Composers
  • Instruments: String Quartet
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $25+ at event

  Happened almost 2 years ago

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  Outdoors

  Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons': Live Dance and Music with the Central Park Foliage

  Sunday, Oct 31, 2021 4:00 PM EDT

  • Neighborhood: Upper West Side
  • Composers: All-vivaldi program
  • Instruments: Violin and Cello solo, String Orchestra
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 2 years ago

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  Virtual Premiere

  Ways of Seeing: The String Quartet

  Tuesday, May 4, 2021 7:30 PM EDT

  • Neighborhood: City Reliquary, Brooklyn, NY
  • Composers: Bacewicz, Price, Oliveros, Montgomery
  • Instruments: String Quartet, Visuals
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event

  Happened almost 3 years ago

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  Virtual Livestream

  Sarabandes, Soliloquys, and Saariaho in an Upper East Side Chateau

  Sunday, Aug 30, 2020 6:30 PM EDT

  • Neighborhood: New York City
  • Composers: Bach, Morley, Martino, Saariaho, Glass
  • Instruments: Three voices, Cello, Vibraphone
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event

  Happened over 3 years ago

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  Beethoven and the City IV

  Sunday, Mar 1, 2020 4:30 PM EST

  • Neighborhood: Midtown West
  • Composers: Beethoven, Glass
  • Instruments: String quartet
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened about 4 years ago

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  Beethoven and the City II

  Sunday, Feb 2, 2020 4:30 PM EST

  • Neighborhood: Midtown West
  • Composers: Beethoven, Webern
  • Instruments: String quartet
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened about 4 years ago

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  Sunday Afternoon String Quartet in SoHo

  Sunday, Mar 5, 2017 4:00 PM EST

  • Neighborhood: Soho / Nolita
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened about 7 years ago

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  THANKSGIVING DAY COFFEE AND GROUPMUSE (BEFORE YOUR BIG MEAL)!

  Thursday, Nov 24, 2016 12:00 PM EST

  • Neighborhood: Union Square area, New York
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 7 years ago

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  Madeleine's Birthday Groupmuse

  Friday, Sep 2, 2016 8:00 PM EDT

  • Neighborhood: Union Square area, New York
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 7 years ago