Ms. Polunina has collaborated with some of the world’s leading organizations, including the Mariinsky Foundation of America, The Metropolitan Opera, and The Bolshoi Theatre. Raised in Moscow, Ms. Polunina has won national and international competitions, played in prestigious halls of Asia, Europe, and the U.S., and has participated in prestigious festivals and courses including Tel-Hai International Piano Festival and the Solti Peretti Répétiteurs course, where Ms. Polunina had the great privilege of playing under the baton of Richard Bonynge.
She has recently appeared in recital at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition First Prize Winners’ Recital at Carnegie Hall hosted by Valeriy Gergiev, and in well-known TV show Good Morning America accompanying the Metropolitan Opera’s star Pretty Yende. Ms. Polunina currently performs as an accompanist with various artists throughout the United States and Europe.
