Anastasia Kaminskagia was born in 1983 in Ukraine into a music family. At the age of six she starts her first piano lessons at the Music School of Kiev in the class of Zenia Margoulis. In 1991 her family repatriates in Greece, Athens where Ms. Kaminskagia continues her piano studies at the Central Conservatory of Athens under the teacher Olga Tokmakidou. There she is awarded her diploma in 2003 with the First Prize. Next year she is admitted at the National Music Academy of Sofia in Bulgaria, in the piano class of Prof. Dr Atanas Kurtev. In the autumn of 2008 she graduates with a Bachelor diploma and in 2010 completes her Postgraduate course. She completes her studies in ‘Specialized theory of Harmony’ in 2015 . Ms. Kaminskagia works in Athens where she has been living since 2012.
Since 2020 Ms. Kaminskagia creates online content for piano teachers, piano beginners and has an vast educational material as well as educational digital products for piano teaching and learning through social media channels. Ms. Kaminskagia is an optimistic, energetic and creative person that always seeks new, simple and easy ways to communicate and teach music to people. Because music doesnot require any special ‘talent’ . It is for all and it has endless sources for physical and mental health and the most important human power, creation. List of awards, distinctions, working experience and most important concert performances of Ms. Anastasia Kaminskagia include:
2003: Attends the seminaries ‘Vladimir Horowitz’ in Kiev with professors Valeri Kozlov and Tereza Duseau.
2003: Performs the second piano concerto of C.Saint-Saens with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Kiev.
2003-2004: Works as a piano accompanist ( accompanying both singers and instrumentalists ) at the Central Conservatory of Athens.
2004: Gets admitted at the National Music Academy of Sofia-Bulgaria in the class of Prof. Dr Atanas Kurtev.
2004-2008 : Participates as a student of Prof. Dr Atanas Kurtev piano class at a yearly cycle of tribute -concerts to composers such as F.Chopin, P.I.Tchaikovsky and B.Bartok.
2007: Wins second prize at the national piano competition ‘HON’ in Greece.
2007: Collaborates with the orchestra of the Union of Lawyers of Sofia in Bulgaria as a solo-performer.
2007: Performs a piano recital at the festival of island Naxos ‘Domus Festival’.
2007: Collaborates with the Symphony Orchestra of the National Music Academy of Sofia performing the seventeenth piano concerto by V.A.Mozart.
2009: Collaborates with the Symphony Orchestra of the National Music Academy of Sofia performing the first piano concerto by S.Rachmaninov.
2009: Participates at the concert of the opening of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture in Tirana, Albania.
2010: Is awarded a prize for popularization of Russian Music in Bulgaria ‘Golden Muse’.
2010: Collaborates with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Athens performing the first piano concerto by S.Rachmaninov.
2011: Reaches final tour at the competition ‘G.Mahler Chamber Vocal Works’ in Sofia, Bulgaria.
2012: Participates at the fifth ‘Himalayan Peace Concert’ in Nepal.
2012: Participates as a jury member at the Academic Competition for piano duets at the National Conservatory of Kiev.
2009-2012: Works as a piano teacher with children of various ages and musical backgrounds (teaching as well as music theory, solfej and piano accompaniment)
organising concerts for them and with students, preparing them for their entry or annual exams at the National Music Academy of Sofia , in Bulgaria.
2011-2012: Works as an assistant in the piano class of Prof. Dr Atanas Kurtev at the National Music Academy of Sofia, in Bulgaria.
2013: Piano recital in Nakas Conservatory of Athens, Greece.
2013: Performance of vocal works by various composers based on the poetry of Friedrich Ruckert in Moscow, Russia.
2013: Concert ‘Dedication to Sergei Rachmaninov’ with his opus 38 for voice and piano and chamber music works in Perm, Russia.
2013-2014: Works as a music teacher in primary school of region Oinofyta, Greece.
2013-2014: Piano recital dedicated to the cycle ‘Seasons’ by P.I.Tchaikovsky in the music hall ‘An Art Artistry’ and at a music festival in the island of Poros, Greece.
2014-2015: Works as a piano teacher at the Secondary State Music School of Lamia, Greece.
2015: Concert-Dedication ’70 years since the death of Bela Bartok’ with pupils from the Music State School of Lamia, Greece.
2015-2016 : Works as a piano teacher at the Secondary State Music School of Lamia,Greece.
2016: Musical theater performance ‘Memories of a lifetime’ ( dedication to the Italian Cinematography ) with pupils from the Music State School of Lamia.
2016-2017 : Works as a piano teacher at the Secondary State Music School of Korinthos, Greece.
2017 : Project ‘Beatletrain’ – piano for 8 hands ,dedicated to the group ‘The Beatles’ by the pupils of the Music State School of Korinthos .
2017-2018 : Works as a piano teacher at the Secondary State Music School of Chalkida,Greece.
2018 : Project ‘Into the Blues’ – blues harmony and improvisation performed by pupils of the Music State School of Chalkida .
2018 : Organization and Participation of the piano recital ‘Frederic Chopin – 24 Etudes’ performing 5 etudes at the Athenaeum Concert Hall in Thiseio along with other 5 soloists.
2018-2019 : Works as a music teacher at the Primary State School of P.Fokaia and Keratea.
2019: Composes and performs music for the theatrical play ‘No Exit’ by Jean- Paul Sartre in the theater ‘Studio Kipseli’ in Athens.
2019 : Accompanies the 6th Greek Violin Competition of the foundation ‘Aikaterini Laskaridis’ .
2019-2020: Works as a piano teacher at the Secondary State Music School of Athens.
2020: Accompanies the vocal concert ‘Kapodistrian Meetings’ at the Athens Philharmonic Music Library ‘Lilian Voudouri’.
