Natacha Kudritskaya

A pianist with a singular path, Natacha Kudritskaya develops an approach to the piano where textual rigour meets profound poetic freedom. From an early age, her journey has woven between Ukraine and France—a country with which she has maintained an intimate bond since childhood. From repeated stays in Burgundy to her years at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, France has become a home she has adopted. Based in Marseille today, she has founded her family there and performs on international stages while maintaining a vital, essential connection to Ukraine.

Her pianistic training has been shaped by decisive encounters. Alain Planès, her first teacher, passed on a taste for elegance and stylistic refinement. Jacques Rouvier deepened her demand for the text and precision of gesture. In Budapest, meeting Ferenc Rados opened a new dimension of her work: “reading between the notes,” understanding the invisible architecture of music. Finally, Henri Barda transformed her relationship with the piano, bringing a radical intensity in service of the essential: letting the music prevail.

Natacha Kudritskaya is regularly invited to perform in major halls and festivals in France and Europe, including Wigmore Hall in London, the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Cité de la Musique in Paris, the Helsinki Philharmonie, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Kyiv Philharmonie, Flagey in Brussels, and the Konzerthaus in Vienna.

Her playing—intense and deeply considered—comes equally into its own in recital, chamber music, and with orchestra.

She collaborates with many European orchestras, including the Brussels Philharmonic, the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, the Tapiola Sinfonietta, the Oxford Symphony Orchestra, Camerata RCO, and the Orchestre Victor Hugo.

Recently she has appeared with the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Toulon, performing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Mozart’s concertos, which she conducts from the keyboard. With the Orchestre national de Cannes she performs Sergei Bortkiewicz’s Piano Concerto No. 2, helping to bring this Ukrainian composer’s music to wider European audiences.

French repertoire holds a central place in her artistic trajectory. The work of Jean-Philippe Rameau marked a decisive turning point in her approach to the keyboard, nurturing reflection on sound, time, and musical rhetoric. She has devoted two recordings to him: a first disc in 2009 juxtaposing his pieces with those of Luciano Berio, and a second in 2012 on 1001 Notes. In 2015 she signed with Universal Music and released the album Nocturnes on Deutsche Grammophon.

Her discography also includes many chamber projects across varied worlds: Enescu’s sonatas with violinist Daniel Rowland, a programme devoted to French music, Les Années folles, and Chausson’s Concerto, again with Daniel Rowland.

In April 2026 she will release a new album on 1001 Notes dedicated to François Couperin, continuing her dialogue with the roots of French keyboard music.

Convinced that transmission lies at the heart of a musician’s vocation, Natacha Kudritskaya places teaching at the centre of her work and is regularly invited to give masterclasses in France and abroad. She also initiated the Music Chain For Ukraine project, which supports Ukrainian musicians through benefit concerts across Europe; she leads its artistic vision and direction.