"Her playing is virtuosic, has poetry and refinement..." (R. Frank, Pizzicato Magazin)
Anastasia Yasko was born in Kursk (Russia). Since four years old she has been playing the piano. She studied at Moscow Gnessin Special Music School (1996-2009, class of Prof. Tatiana Shklovskaya), Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (2009-2014, class of Prof. Vera Gornostaeva) and Mozarteum University of Salzburg (2014-2019, classes of Prof. Rolf Plagge and Prof. Jacques Rouvier).
Since September 2018, Anastasia is a teaching assistant in University Mozarteum of Salzburg. In 2020 Anastasia Yasko earned her doctoral degree (Doctor of Philosophy in the subject Music Studies).
She had recitals in Russia, the Ukraine, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, France and Japan. She played with the Moscow State Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Kharkiv Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. In August 2019 she performed at “Salzburger Festspiele” as a Winner of Summer Academy of Mozarteum. In 2020 Anastasia Yasko earned her doctoral degree (Doctor of Philosophy in the subject Music Studies). Her debut Album “20th Century Russian Piano Sonatas” was released by “ARS Produktion” in January 2021 and was nominated twice for the german “Opus Klassik” Award. January 2023 she released her second Album „Chopin Piano Works“ by the same label. This album was also nominated for the “Opus Klassik” Award in two categories. Her Book "Die Klaviersonate im Russland der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts" was published by Waxmann Publishing House in September 2024.
Awards:
Anastasia is a Laureate of the 1. Prize at the “6th International Nikolai Igumnov Competition for young pianists” (Lipetsk, 2005), the 3. Prize at the “9th International Vladimir Krainev competition” (Kharkov, 2008) and the 1. Prize at the “Romantic Music Festival dedicated to Chopin” (Moscow, 2008). Anastasia was awarded with the Special Prize of the Moscow Culture Committee (2008) and “Guzik Foundation Prize” (San Francisco, USA, 2009). Anastasia Yasko also won the 3. Prize at the “International Flame Competition” (Paris, 2012), the 1. Prize at the “Ennio Porrino International Piano Competition” (Cagliari, 2013) and the 4. Prize at International Piano Competition “Mauro Paulo Monopoli Prize” (Barletta, 2016). In 2018, she won the 3. Prize and two Special Prizes at the „Marbella International Piano Competition“. 2023 Anastasia has got the 1st Prize and two special Awards for the best Interpretation of Chopin's and Bach's music at „Carles & Sophia International Piano Competition“ in Spain.