Morning Calm: Anastasia Barabanova

Join us for Morning Calm with Anastasia Barabanova, pianist from the Royal College of Music, who will be playing works by Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn and Ravel.

Dates: Daily Monday - Friday

Time: 8.40-8.55am

Location: St George's Hanover Square, St George Street, W1

Morning Calm is a short piano recital beginning at 8.40am, consisting of around 10-12 minutes of music followed by a few minutes' silence for reflection and meditation before ending with brief prayers for the day ahead. You are most welcome to stay for the whole recital or if you would prefer not to stay for the Christian conclusion to leave just before the end. Morning Calm aims to offer a reflective and calm start to the day for people of any faith or none in the hustle and bustle of the West End of London.

As always admission is free.

Anastasia Barabanova, prize winner of numerous international competitions, made her debut as a soloist performing with an orchestra at the age of nine. Since then she has performed internationally both solo and with various orchestras, such as the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Lerman Chamber Orchestra, Kostroma Gubern Symphony Orchestra and others.

Her performance venues include Carnegie Hall (New York), St. George’s Church Hanover Square, St. Stephens Church, St. Mary Abbots Church (UK), Rachmaninov Hall and Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Ehrbar Hall (Vienna). During the 24/25 season she played recitals in such venues as Bechstein Hall, Burgh House, St Botolph without Aldgate, Holy Sepulchre (UK). Anastasia has performed actively in many festivals in Estonia, Germany, Israel, Russia, Spain and took part in master classes with Stanislav Ioudenitch, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Oxana Yablonskaya, Leonel Morales Alonso, Dinara Klinton and others. She is a regular participant in concerts held by the Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation. Anastasia was also a fellow of New Names Charity Foundation.

She is currently studying at the Royal College of Music, London, for a Bachelor of Music degree with Professor Ilya Kondratiev, where she is a Milstein Medal Award Holder, supported by the Kenneth and Violet Scott Scholarship. In 2022 Anastasia graduated with an honours diploma from Central Music School (Moscow).

She is a laureate of such competitions as the Virtuoso International Music Awards Competition (UK), Gold Prize; American Protege International Concerto Competition, 1st prize; Clara Schumann International Competition, 1st prize; IV Future Stars International Piano Competition, Grand Prix and many others.

Anastasia’s repertoire ranges from the baroque era to contemporary composers. She is also a very collaborative musician, performing in a wide range of piano trios and duos, vocal repertoire with vocalists.