Philipp Subbotin

Philipp Subbotin was born in Moscow, 15 of February in 1981. When he was six, he began his musical training. From 1996-2005 Philipp studied with Berta Kremenstein.

At 1997 Philipp entered the Schnitke Music College, where he studied piano with Sergey Masychev until 2001. From 2001 to 2006 he has studied at the Gnessin Music Academy in Moscow and worked with professor Vera Nosina.

Duaring this time he played at several concert halls in Moscow ( At the Chamber hall of The Moscow House of Music, Great Hall and of Gnessins Academy, in the hall of N.K.Rerich museum) and in Spain at the Servera auditorium, Czech Republic in St.Magdalena church, the Galerie of the lechtenstein palace in Prague, in Itali at the Teatro Communale de Lonigo, in Sweden at the citys Stokholm and Vesteros.

Philipp can already claim First Prize at the "Art of the 21st Century Competition" in Vicenza, Italy (2002), and has participated in Master Classes with Karl Blankenhaim, Monique Dufuile, Paull Pollei, Stanislav Pochekin, and Ivan Moravec. Beyond solo work, moreover, Philipp performs with the ensembles Cantus Firmus" (under conductor A. Hurgin) and Cantilena" (under conductor A. Istomin), and works regularly in "Russian Duet" with balalaika player Dmitri Kalinin.

Filipp Subbotin and Jana Ryabinina created the piano duet “Duo Eleganza”. Artists played at different concerts halls in Rusia and Europe.

Since 2006 Philipp has continued his piano studying with Ivan Moravec at the Academy of Perfoming Arts in Prague.

Jana Ryabinina

Jana Ryabibnina was born in 18.06.1980. She began her musical studyings when she was 7 years old.

At 1995 Jana Ryabinina entered the Schnitke Music College, where he studied piano with Sergey Masychev. From 1998 to 2002 she worked with Musorin Oleg. Jana finished her musical education at the Russian Music Academy named after Gnessins with professor Vera Nosina.

Duaring this time he played at several concert halls in Moscow ( At the Great Hall and of Gnessins Academy Chamber hall of The Moscow House of Music, , at the hall of N.K.Rerich museum) and in Spain at the Servera auditorium, Czech Republic in St.Magdalena church.

In 1999 she had a big concert tour with Gulnara Kuzmina in Germany.

Jana won the Artur Rubinstein International competition in Paris 1999. In 2000 she won grand prix at the International Vocal Competition in Lisbon with Irina Samoilova (soprano).

Jana Ryabinina and Filipp Subbotin created the piano duet “Duo Eleganza”. Artists played at different concerts halls in Rusia and Europe.

Jana created also different musical and theater projects with vocalists Irina Samoilova, Gulnara Kuzmina, Maria Arapova, Dmitry Ovchinnikov; actor Nikita Karpov and others.

She has participated in Master Classes with Stanislav Pochekin, Felix Gotlib, Lev Naumov, Vladimir Tropp and others.