About
Multi-instrumentalist Mariia (Masha) Kurtynina captivates her audience with her deeply felt musicality, her artistic sincerity, and her sensitive stage presence. As a versatile performer, she plays the clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano and modern piano.
Born in 1998 in Znamensk (Astrakhan Oblast), she has gained extensive experience in Russia and Germany as a specialist in historically informed performance practice. Her musical spontaneity and stylistic diversity have led her in recent years to numerous renowned concert venues and festivals. Her most recent performances include recitals as the resident pianist at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, concerts as part of the “Fabulous Fringe” at the Utrecht Early Music Festival, at Robert Brown’s workshop in Austria, and at the Bad Krozingen Schlosskonzerten.
The breadth of her repertoire is reflected in her various concert projects: from a recital with Anastasia Kobekina at the Alte Oper Frankfurt to performances with the Trio Egmont at the “Klassik in Spandau” Festival in Berlin, and a concert with mezzo-soprano Anna Manske at the Styriarte 2026 Festival in Austria. As a soloist, she has appeared, among other things, with a Chopin program on the fortepiano at the Saturday Chopin Recitals in Żelazowa Wola, as well as with works by Brahms on his square piano at the Brahms Museum in Hamburg.
Mariia Kurtynina was a semifinalist at the International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in Warsaw (2023) as well as at the MA Competition in Bruges (2024). At the Harpsichord Competition “SICHTweisen” in Vienna (2025), she was awarded both the Audience Prize and the Interpretation Prize.
In 2025, she attended the Académie musicale de Villecroze in France under the direction of Pierre Hantaï. In addition to her interest in improvisation in Baroque, Classical, and Romantic styles, she is also passionate about jazz.
Offstage, Mariia enjoys reading, studying psychology, jogging, and discovering new perspectives in the films of Hayao Miyazaki and David Lynch. She also has a special fondness for cats.
