Hailed by The New York Times as a pianist of “a fiery sensibility and warm touch,” Anna Shelest is an international award-winning pianist who has thrilled the audiences worldwide.

Champion of esoteric repertoire, Anna is collaborating with the legendary conductor Neeme Järvi on a project of recording the complete works for piano and orchestra by Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894). This release featuring Rubinstein’s Concerto no.4 and Caprice russe marks the first installment in the series. Recorded live at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater in New York City, it was released in 2018 to great critical acclaim and praised by Gramophone magazine for “…power and agility… effortless effect… nuanced and incisive all around.”

Born in Ukraine, Anna received her early music education at Kharkiv Special Music School. Since graduating from the Julliard School with a master’s degree in the class of Jerome Lowenthal, Anna makes her home in New York City with her husband and two sons.

“Rachmaninoff spoke for a host of formative Russian musicians when he told his biographer that hearing [Anton] Rubinstein in concert as a boy ‘gripped my whole imagination and had a marked influence on my ambition as a pianist.’

“The present release, which features Rubinstein’s most popular piano concerto, the Fourth, begins a series devoted to him, and in all respects the notable Ukrainian-born pianist Anna Shelest fulfills her role obligation to dazzle.

“Warmly recommended.”