Olga Martynova

Olga Martynova is one of the premier harpsichordists in Russia today. An honours graduate in piano and harpsichord from the Moscow Conservatoire, she decided to devote herself to early music after hearing a recital in France by Hopkinson Smith, the distinguished performer of early plucked instruments. His master classes made a profound impression on her and deeply influenced her understanding of music. Martynova continued her studies in France, graduating from the Ecole Nationale de Musique de Bobigny with a gold medal. She went on to win the Van Wassenaer competition in the Netherlands and the Premio Bonporti in Italy, and has given harpsichord and piano recitals all over Europe. Since 2003 Olga Martynova has performed on historical instruments and toured with the Moscow orchestra Pratum Integrum. Like Pratum Integrum she records exclusively for the Caro Mitis label. Her previous recordings feature selected keyboard sonatas by Johann Christian Bach (CM 0052004), transcriptions of Baroque music for harpsichord (CM 0072004), Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer’s Musicalisches Blumen- Bu?schlein (CM 0012006) and piano pieces of the 19th and 20th centuries arranged for harpsichord (CM 0102006). These recordings have been widely praised (the German magazine Toccata- Alte Musik aktuell voted the album of J.C. Bach sonatas ‘CD of the month’). Olga Martynova also performs with the Moscow Baroque and A La Russe ensembles, and teaches at the Moscow Conservatoire and Gnesin School of Music.