Nataliya was born in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, into a family of filmmakers. Nataliya’s grandmother and grandfather were prominent professors at Kiev Polytechnical Institute. At the age of 5, she began to study music and already at the age of 6 was admitted to a piano class of a music school for gifted children named after N. Lysenko.
Having received basic music education, Nataliya then received a diploma at the Glier Music School and was admitted to Tchaikovsky National Conservatory in Kyiv. From 19 years on Nataliya combined her studies with work – as from the 2nd year of the Conservatory she started working as an accompanist at the Glier Music School and giving piano lessons to minors.
Nataliya participated and received awards in a number of international festivals such as Rachmaninov festival and Ragusa Ibla competition (Sicily), to which she was sent by the foundation of the first president of Ukraine – the Kravchuk foundation.
Having brilliantly graduated from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 1997 and after working for another year at the music school, Nataliya continued mastering her music skills at Royal Conservatory in Liège where she was admitted in 1998. In this period, she is giving a series of concerts and masterclasses for international students. After Liège Nataliya moved to Brussels and enrolled in the Royal Conservatory to the class of pedagogy under professor Van den Eyden.
And now, having received honors degrees in solo playing, chamber ensemble, teaching, accompaniment from three leading conservatories, Nataliya decided to try herself in the world of ballet …
She began to give classes at small ballet schools in Brussels and soon passed a competition and became Principal Ballet Pianist of the Royal Ballet of Flanders (Belgium). With the company of this ballet, Nataliya has traveled half the world, playing classes, rehearsals and performances on the best stages of the world.
At the same period Nataliya founded the Brussels International Music Academy – a private music school in the center of Brussels that has grown from just 8 students in the first year to >500.
Now Brussels International Music Academy is the largest private music school in Belgium where >35 teachers are giving classes in piano, violin, flute, guitar, vocals, chamber ensemble and the first steps in music. Nataliya’s students are young pianists of a great level and some of them receive prizes and awards at International competitions and festivals. But that was not enough either …
In 2016, Nataliya organized and started the first International Competition for Young Pianists “Merci, Maestro!” which was attended by 127 young musicians from 35 countries. This competition became highly acclaimed far beyond Belgium and now is held annually on a regular basis. At the end of each competition the winners show their talents to the public at a Gala concert that takes place in one of the most beautiful concert halls of Brussels – in the Gothic Hall of the City Administration of Brussels (Grand Place).
Nataliya is a jury member at numerous international competitions.
In the summer of 2021, Nataliya plans to start a new project: the first edition of the Summer Music Academy FORTE. The academy provides masterclasses and help young musicians develop their musical creativity in solo and chamber music. In parallel, Nataliya continues her ballet pianist activity, being a guest pianist in a number of leading ballet companies: Pasodos Dance Company (Palma Dance Center, Mallorca); Astana Ballet (Kazakhstan); L’Hivernal de la dance (Liege, Belgium), etc<
As from 2022 Nataliya is a founder and coach of the Chamber Music Orchestra CAMERATA BRIMA.