Ethella Chupryk

Infobox Person
name = Ethella Chupryk


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birth_date = June 20, 1964
birth_place = Vynohradovo, Ukraine
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other_names = Ukrainian [Етелла Чуприк]
known_for = Interpretations of Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Schubert
occupation = Classical Pianist, Assistant Professor
nationality = Ukrainian

Ethella Chupryk (Ukrainian: Етелла Чуприк, "Etella Chupryk", 1964- ) is a Ukrainian pianist [ [http://www.musiciansgallery.com/start/keyboards/pianists/chupryk/ethella.htm Ethella Chupryk] ] and Assistant Professor of piano at the Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy in Lviv, Ukraine.

Childhood

Born in the city of Vynohradovo in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine into a large family. The seventh of ten children, Chupryk began to learn to play the piano at the age of three. By the age of five she performed her first public concert performing Chopin's Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor and Schubert's "Serenade" [Interview with Ethella Chupryk] .

Chupryk continued to study at the Musical College in Uzhhorod and upon completion her studies in 1986 she entered the Mykola Lysenko Conservatory in Lviv, where she studied under Maryna Kryh.

Achievements

Shortly after starting her studies in Lviv, Chupryk began to compete in a number of international piano competitions. In 1988 she took first place at the [http://www.competition.com.ua/eng/ Mykola Lysenko International Piano Competition] . In 1990, she traveled to Moscow to compete in what was then known as the "All-Union Rachmaninov Competition" and the precursor to the [http://www.rachmaninovcompetition.com/eng/ Sergey Rachmaninov International Piano Competition] , here she took third place. In September of 1991 she was awarded third place at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest.

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