Anna Odintsova was born in Moscow in 1990. Studied at the Julius-Stern-Institut – Universität der Künste Berlin (class of Doris Wagner-Dix) from 2001 to 2003. Graduated from the Chopin Moscow State College of Musical Performance (class of Jacob Katsnelson) and then from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (class of Natalia Trull), subsequently she improved her skills in an assistant traineeship at the conservatory under the guidance of Alexander Bonduriansky. Participated in masterclasses by Klaus Hellwig, Vincenzo Balzani, Leonel Morales, Vladimir Mischouk.
Prize-winner at the Jugend musiziert Federal Competition (Erlangen, Germany, 2005; 2nd prize), the Modern Art and Education International Competition and Festival (Moscow – Ruza (Moscow Region), 2007; 2nd prize), the International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists (Vilnius, 2008; 1st prize and special prize), the Moscow Romantic Music Festival (2009) and the International Stasys Vainiūnas Competition for Pianists and Chamber Ensembles (Vilnius, 2010; 4th prize). In 2012 together with cellist Alexander Ramm she took 4th prize at the Swedish International Duo Competition (Katrineholm). In 2015 Anna won the special prize as the best accompanist in the cello category at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow – St Petersburg). Scholarship recipient of the Yuri Rozum International Charitable Foundation, the Agrupación Coral de Benidorm and Lions Club BonaFacta foundations.
Participates in projects of the Moscow Philharmonic Society and the St Petersburg Music House. In the 2012–13 season, as a soloist of the St Petersburg Music House, she toured throughout Russia and to Sweden, Austria, Spain, Italy, Finland, France and Bulgaria. Has performed at the Grand, Small and Rachmaninoff halls of the Moscow Conservatory and at the Brucknerhaus Linz. Has collaborated with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Juozas Domarkas, the Samara Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Mikhail Shcherbakov and the Gnesin Moscow Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Andrei Podgorny.
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