Recital: Elena Toponogova – piano

The Programme

Elena Toponogova – piano

Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2

Fairytale, Op 26 no 3 in F minor

Daisies
Musical moment in B minor, Op 16
Musical moment in D flat major, Op 16

Prelude in B minor

Intermezzo from ‘The Nutcracker’
arranged Mikhail Pletnev

The Artist

Elena Toponogova is a concert pianist and chamber musician based in London. Her main interest is Russian repertoire with a particular focus on the music of Nikolai Medtner. In 2017, Elena received a Master of Performance degree from the Royal College of Music, studying under Norma Fisher. Her studies were generously supported by the Norah Seary Trust, Altrusa Careers Trust, the Future of Russia Foundation and Tsukanov Family Foundation. She was selected to study at the Academie de Musique Riviera in Switzerland with Pavel Gililov and was supported by Help Musicians UK Transmission Fund grant.

Elena has taken part in many international festivals including Chichester Festival, Bloomsbury Festival and Timani Music Festival in Oslo. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Russia, and has appeared at the prestigious Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Salzburg Wiener Saal, Amaryllis Fleming Hall, the V&A Museum and St Martin-in-the-Fields among many others.

Elena is proud to be a part of Live Music Now initiative that brings live music to care settings and hospitals across the UK.