Youtube homepage: http://www.youtube.com/user/LolaAstanova
This is a very passionate young pianist with amazing skills, power and speed. She's also good in composition. The following two are in the style of Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev, which in her words, is a kind of music joke of distorted baroque/classical arrangement.
Here's her version on Rihanna's "Don't stop the music":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqorloj2YZY
I can listen to this many times without stop, without feel bored.
Another one of her version on Madonna's "Music":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pfeohQSaS8
Rachmaninoff Moment Musicaux No. 4 in E:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPEd8AZX5dQ
Lola was born in former USSR. She started learning piano at 6 and began on-stage performance at 8. She received MS in piano major from Rice University and now resides in New York.
Other very good young female pianists include Valentina Lisitsa and Valentina Igoshina. But I'd prefer Lola Astanova.
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I've seen the video where she played her rendition of Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu, and I am really impressed! I'm a beginner piano student still learning a lot, with my used piano. Houston fortunately has a handful of reliable teachers.
She's beautiful, too. She plays piano just as beautifully as her. I hope to at least learn and play a few masterpieces. And buy one of those pianos for sale Houston stores have at the moment.
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