"More than I could have ever imagined”
— Boston Musical Intelligencer
"One of the finest Rachmaninoff pianists on the concert scene”
— South Florida Classical Review
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"Asiya Korepanova is a tremendously gifted pianist who exhibits a singular affinity for Rachmaninoff’s Russian romantic idiom and possesses the blazing technique to fully realize his distinctive scores."​
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South Florida
Classical Review
"I had fully expected to hear a brilliant pianist, but from the first note I was swept away to a place of magic and mystery, as my expectations for a performance of transcriptions morphed into a “more than I could have ever imagined” experience."
Boston Musical Intelligencer
"Like a wave breaking on the shore, Korepanova rode the musical crest to the triumphant final bars"​​​
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The
Arts Fuse
"One was reminded that pianists who compose are often going to delve more deeply into the music and with more interesting insights than others."​​​
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New York
Classical Review
Next Concerts
News
Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony Transcription Premiere
Asiya will be giving the world premiere of her newest transcription of Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony on January 29, 2023 at the emerging classical music series Gotham Arts on Manhattan.
Franck Le Mariage des Roses Transcription Score Release
​In her most recent release, Asiya published the score of her transcription of César Franck's art song 'Le Mariage des Roses".
It is now available to purchase here.
The world premiere recording of Poéme
Asiya's monumental Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Piano, 'Poéme', was released in March, 2022 in its world premiere recording as a part of 'Mysteries of the Macabre' album by saxophonist Thomas Giles and pianist
Liana Pailodze Harron.
Asiya
America’s only pianist to perform Rachmaninoff’s complete solo piano works during his 150th anniversary year of 2023, Asiya Korepanova is a pianistic powerhouse, also highly recognized as a composer, visual artist, and poet. A herald of an enormous repertoire encompassing over 60 piano concertos and solo works ranging from early Baroque period to music of living composers, Asiya takes unique joy in exploring monumental sets of pieces, such as Liszt's 24 Etudes or Bach’s complete Well-Tempered Clavier.
The author of many original works and solo piano transcriptions of Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata, Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben, Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death, Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony, Asiya studied composition with Albert Leman, chair of the composition department of Moscow Conservatory and student of Dmitry Shostakovich. She also creates original multimedia projects, featuring her poetry and artwork, for piano music by Liszt, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, and Mussorgsky. Her boundless virtuosity and profound interpretations captivate diverse audiences, leading to frequent return engagements.
Born to a musical family in Russia, Asiya made her orchestral debut at nine, playing Mozart’s Concerto No. 8 with her own cadenza. Since immigrating to the U.S. in 2012, Asiya has performed across the country at the Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, in Phillips Collection, Newport Classical Festival, International Miami Piano Festival, and Grand Piano Series, to name a few. Her concerts have been broadcast on CNN, NPR stations, WFMT, and WETA.
In 2025-26 season, Asiya makes her debut at the Tippet Rise Art Center, returns to the San Francisco Piano Festival and Friends of Chamber Music of Miami series; premieres Amy Beach piano concerto in Argentina, making her debut with Buenos Aires Philharmonic; debuts with Alabama Symphony and Abilene Philharmonic; tours with the Balourdet Quartet and records her debut album with Reference Recording label. In June 2026, she directs the second season of her Flatiron Festival, a two-week chamber series on Manhattan, NYC.
Transcriptions
Asiya compares the process of making a transcription to the most consuming and passionate process of taming a wild animal, and that is probably why most of her transcriptions are made of the large-scale or powerful works.
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The score of Asiya Korepanova's transcription of the Rachmaninoff Cello sonata was published in April 2022, adorned with the cover art that was also drawn by her.
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The idea behind the image is an imaginary meeting of two magical creatures representing Slavic and Western cultures - the Firebird and the Unicorn, since both cultures have a major influence on Asiya's creative process.
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With over 15 completed transcriptions for piano solo in her portfolio, Asiya continues to explore different ideas, having also written transcriptions for 4 and even 6 hands.
Multimedia Projects
Since 2007, Asiya has implemented a series of unique projects. She presents significant piano works or cycles by great composers together with her original commentary on each of the works through her poetry and artwork.
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These cycles include Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes, Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier,
Tchaikovsky’s 18 Morceaux, Op. 72 and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
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The idea culminates in multimedia performances in which Asiya projects her drawings and reads her poetry for each piece she performs within the given musical cycle. The concerts therefore become an intersection of an art exhibition, poetry reading and piano recital, and the audience is inspired to visualize their own impression from the music.
