Liubov Titarenko

Liubov was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine in 1986. She graduated as Master of Art from the Piano Department of Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine in Kyiv as a student of Honoured Artist of Ukraine Olexandr Lysokon. Harpsichord playing she studied as post-graduate at the same academy with Honoured Art Worker Svitlana Shabaltina. Liubov received Ph.D. degree in musicology, her thesis is dedicated to Elizabethan keyboard music. Liubov participated in courses with Alexei Liubimov, Christopher Stembridge, Andreas Staier, Aline Zylberajch-Gester, Martin Gester, Patrick Ayrton, Richard Egarr, Jean Rondeau, Luca Montebugnoli. She received the “Extraordinary Music Talent Award” from Austria Barock Akademie in Gmunden (Austria), won the First Prize in “Harpsichord Solo Playing” and Grand Prix in “Solo with Orchestra” at III Wanda Landowska International Harpsichord Competition (Ruvo di Puglia, Italy), the First Prize at XVII Torneo Internazionale di Musica (Torino, Italy), the First Prize at I Ukrainian Harpsichord competition “Primus enter pares” (Kyiv, Ukraine), the First Prize at competitionfestival “Music without borders” (Lithuania, on-line), became Finalist of Prix Annelie de Man 2021. As a piano teacher Liubov worked at 36th specialized music school in Kyiv, she also gave private piano lessons to people of different age and level of playing. Liubov accompanies singers and instrumentalists in concerts both on the piano and on the harpsichord. In 2009-2012 Liubov worked as an accompanist at choir conducting class at R. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music. In 2012-2022 Liubov worked as a correpetitor at Kyiv National Academic Operetta Theatre, where 2014 she also provided mise-en-scène rehearsals. Besides her position at National Academic Operetta Theatre, in 2014-2022 she worked as an accompanist at a choir conducting class and an accordion class at Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine.