Aizhana Nurkenova is a gifted pianist and composer who combines rich musicality with masterful technique and alluring stage presence. She is the Hodgson Fellow for Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and a piano soloist at the Kazakh National Philharmonia where she opened the 2010-2011 season with a sold-out performance. Described as "magical" with "unusual rhythmic vitality and richness of sound," Aizhana's recent performances include solo recitals in the UK, Italy and Kazakhstan and chamber recitals at the Royal Festival Hall in London and the Julliard School in New York City. Her composition works have been recorded on CD and broadcasted on the radio and television. PRESS "The young Kazakh pianist Aizhana Nurkenova has already been garlanded with prizes, and my expectations of her Bach recital at Steinway Hall were not disappointed. After giving the Bach-Feinberg Largo in A minor an organ-like breadth and stateliness, she showed her mettle with the fourth and fifth English Suites. Her touch had a firm clarity, and her palette was wide; the Sarabande of the fourth suite sang to heaven, while that of the fifth was delivered with a surprisingly effective detache quality; the closing fugue was exhilarating." - International Piano Magazine CONNECT & FOLLOW LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nurkenova Facebook: www.facebook.com/nurkenova YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/nurkenova MySpace: www.myspace.com/nurkenova Official Website: www.nurkenova.com