Susanne Anderson

Susanne Anderson An Ohio native, Susanne began piano studies at the age of five and was inspired on to a degree and a career involving many facets of music including performing, teaching and composing. For 28 years she has played for the ballet - from private schools to professional dance companies in the United States and abroad - and is currently playing at Mount Holyoke College and Smith College. In addition Ms. Anderson is an accomplished singer and performs with local opera companies. In that venue she has worked with such notable conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Robert Shaw and Sarah Caldwell. She teaches private piano and voice lessons and directs several area choirs. Susanne is an active member of the International Guild of Musicians in Dance. She intends this recording to be used when a live musician is not available.

Lada Isupova

Lada Isupova A Moscow native, began violin studies at the age 5. Her piano studies began later with her mother, a music and dance teacher. At age 17 she became serious about piano, graduating from the Moscow Pedagogical University She continued on at the Moscow Pedagogical University and the Moscow Pedagogical College as an accompanist for voice, violin, and dance classes. She also taught music classes, and courses on the aesthetic methods of teaching music. Lada has performed in Italy and Germany and is the founder of "Russian Music and Dance Class" for children in the Amherst Massachusetts, where she currently lives and teaches private piano and violin lessons. She is also the regular accompanist for the Massachusetts Academy of Ballet.

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