Artist in Residence
Department of Music
Division of Visual & Performing Arts

Office: Weathersby Fine Arts Building, Room 222
Telephone: (318) 487-7521
Email:
Fax: (318) 487-7337
Mailing Address: LC Box 604; Pineville, LA 71359

Education
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M.M., Southern Methodist University
B.M., University of North Texas
B.S., DeVry University

Biography
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Native of Moscow, Russia, Katerina Zaitseva has performed in the United States, Germany, Luxemburg, France, South Korea, and Russia including appearances in the Moscow State Conservatory Hall (Moscow, Russia), John F. Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.), and Steinway Hall (Dallas, Texas). She was also privileged to play for the King of Spain, Juan Carlos, at the opening of the Meadows Museum of Arts in Dallas. Ms. Zaitseva has been featured as soloist with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Meadows Symphony Orchestra, Corvallis Symphony, Lewisville Lake Symphony, the Northeast Arkansas Symphony, and Rapides Symphony Orchestra. In summer 2007 she recorded the Glazunov’s Concerto No. 2 with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra in Moscow.

In addition to solo recitals, Katerina Zaitseva performs extensively in piano duo with Nikita Fitenko. Hailed by critics for their “superlative sound, superlative interpretation, and superlative pianism…” (European Piano Teachers Association Journal: July 2006), the duo has performed worldwide with most recent appearances at Nancyphonies Music Festival (Nancy, France), Berkeley University (California, USA), Schmallenberg Chamber Music Festival (Germany), Ettlebruck Conservatory (Luxemburg), as well as at Seocho District Hall and Yonsei University (South Korea). In 2005 the Fitenko-Zaitseva duo recorded their first CD on the Classical Records label featuring works for piano four hands by Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.

Ms. Zaitseva received her Master of Music in piano performance from the Southern Methodist University, where she studied with a world-renowned pianist Joaquin Achucarro. She also holds her Bachelor of Music degree magna cum laude from the University of North Texas, where she studied with Dr. Pamela Paul, and Diploma from the Music School affiliated with the Moscow State Conservatory in Russia. Katerina Zaitseva is a winner of several competitions and awards including the MTNA Competition, SMU Concerto Competition, Von Mickwitz Prize in Piano, as well as the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award. She has been Artist in Residence at Louisiana College since 2003.