Professional Pianist
- San Marcos, CA
- Pianist
- 32 Verified Bookings
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Irina is a highly accomplished pianist with a wide range of experience as a soloist, accompanist, and teacher.
Possessing a large repertoire, Irina covers a variety of styles—Classical, Operatic, Ballet, Popular, Broadway, Jazz, and Folk.
She is very versatile, playing by memory as well as with music, having played American, French, Italian, Russian, and Jewish melodies. Her skill allows her to quickly transpose the melody into any key.
She has performed in many concerts as a soloist as well as with famous opera singers, violinists, clarinetists, and flute players.
Irina’s talent will make any occasion special, from intimate family celebration to large corporate parties.
I highly recommend Irinia to play at your event!
Irina was is talented, very professional and easy to work with.
I made a list of requests, I also told her the tone of my event and she did everything exactly I had thought of at my wedding reception. Thank you Irina!
Irina was super sweet and prepared for our event. She arrived with plenty of time to set up and had all of her music pre arranged. She was self sufficient and kept the guest entertained the entire time.
Thank you!
Response from Piano for fun:
It was pleasant to play on this wonderful event!
Irina was quick to answer our last minute booking. She was punctual and very well prepared. Her repertoire is impressive, and played beautifully.
I am so happy we contacted her! She is very talented and with a sweet personality.
Price Range: $200 and up
Languages: English, Russian
My musical talents and abilities include perfect sight-reading, fast and clear transposing in any key, and rapid memorization. I have extensive knowledge of operas, musicals, jazz, and popular music repertoires of Western and Eastern Europe and America. Because of my long career as a music teacher, I also know how to work well with students.
Irina’s talent will make any occasion special, from intimate family celebration to large corporate parties, including Classical, Operatic, popular music concerts, recitals, Birthday, Christmas parties, New-Year parties, anniversaries, graduation parties, weddings, senior parties, Holiday events, and reunions.
Irina has all the necessary musical equipment to make any event a success—keyboard, microphones, dynamics, and she may also play with other musicians upon request.
Ms. Bessonova’s talent was recognized early. She began studying music at age four at the National Music School for Gifted Children. She received instruction from the famous pianist Ariadna Lysenko. She graduated from Kiev State Conservatory with an Master of Arts degree in Piano, Ensemble Performance, Accompaniment and Piano Pedagogy.
Ms. Bessonova was employed by the “Glier College of Music” in Kiev, Ukraine, for 15 years where she served as a piano teacher and leading accompanist, until she moved with her family to San Diego, USA in 2002.
Since then, she has continued her career as a piano soloist, accompanist, and as a teacher. She performs regularly in San Diego and Los Angeles, often accompanying great singers such as soloists Nikolai Gutorovich and Lydia Zacharenko of the “Musical Theater of Stanislavsky”; Aleksandr Agamirzov, laureate of New York Voice Competition; Susana Poretsky, a soloist for “Metropolitan” and “San Diego Opera”; and Larisa Tetuev, soloist for the Israel Opera; famous violinist Irina Tceitlin, winner of many competitions and the famous cellist Gayana Mndolyan. She also performed with the soloist of Frankfurt Society Orchestra, Sergey Walter, winner of the Wieniawski Competition.
She has also worked with the “Small Opera of San Diego,” as a recital accompanist, where she played arias from: "La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Carmen, Samson and Dalila, Un Ballo in Maschera, Il Trovatore, Faust, Otello, Norma, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Boheme, Der Fledermaus," etc. She also has participated in an International production of the Broadway Musical “Thief,” a production based on the music of Russian composer Vladimir Shainsky. Mrs. Bessonova has also worked at the “San Diego Academy of Ballet,” the "Royal Academy of Dance," and serves as a teacher and accompanist at the “California Institute of Music” of San Diego.
Ms. Bessonova has participated in numerous concerts: Talents of San Diego (organized by the Russian community), Concert of Russian Romances and Songs, the California Foundation for the International Global Arts, City of Solana Beach, American German Society, the Polish Art and Culture Society of San Diego and the Central Library of San Diego.
Ms. Bessonova is a member of the Music Teacher Association of California (MTAC) and prepares students regularly for certified MTAC competitions and events. Her students have become winners of the International Piano Competition in San Jose, and the USA Open Piano Competition in Oakland.
Ms. Bessonova currently resides with her family in San Diego.
Irina has all the necessary musical equipment to make any event a success—keyboard, microphones, dynamics, and she may also play with other musicians upon request.
October 03, 2020 • 4:30pm - 6:30pm | Birthday Party |
March 07, 2020 • 8:30pm - 9:30pm | Wedding Reception |
February 28, 2020 • 2:00pm - 5:00pm | Nonprofit Event |
December 31, 2019 • 8:30pm - 9:30pm | Dinner Party |
December 24, 2018 • 6:00pm - 7:30pm | Religious Celebration |
December 10, 2017 • 10:30am - 11:15am | Worship Service |
November 04, 2016 • 6:30pm - 7:15pm | Wedding Reception |
December 14, 2013 | Christmas Party |
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