Natalia Arestova
Biography
Takes part in diverse international music festivals.
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III Symphonic Orchestras of the World Festival - performed with the United Russian Symphonic Orchestra (Moscow, 2008). Gave the world premiere of Alexey Rybnikov's Symphony No. 6 under the directino of maestro Valery Gergiev;
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"Classic OPEN FEST" (Tolyatti, 2010), second annual International forum "Culture and Development" (Ulyanovsk, September 2012) - performed with the Youth Symphonic Orchestra "Povolzhe" (conductors: V. Uryupin, A. Levin, V. Niemer, T. Zangiev, M. Emelyanychev, A Shokhakimov);
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"Bach-fest" - performed with the Student Symphonic Orchestra of the Ural State Conservatory named after Mussorgsky (Ekaterinburg, 2010);
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"Classics in the Streets" (Switzerland, June 2012);
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"Young Eruo Classics" with the Ural Youth Symphonic Orchestra (Berlin, August 2012);
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6th annual international music festival "Classical music on the Volga" together with the Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra (Tolyatti, 2013);
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5th annual international chamber music festival "Beyond the Music" (Benasque, Spain, 2014);
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2nd annual international chamber music festival "KAMER-Fest" (Ekaterinburg, 2014);
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Summer opera-symphonic labs "New Opera World." Chamber Theatre named after Pokrovsky: P.I. Tchaikovsky "Evgeniy Onegin" under conductor Gregory Buchalter (USA); R. Leonkavallo "Pagliacci" under conductor Francesco Massimi (Italy) (Moscow, July 2016);
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Orchestral Academy of the St. Petersburg Orchestra 1703 (professors Y.N. Ushchapovsky, O.F. Bayramov, D.N. Klemenok, Y.V. Fokin, N.N. Mokhov), conductor Ilya Dyakov (St. Petersburg, August 2018);
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Summer Open Session of the Youth Symphonic Orchestra Povolzhya and the 9th Annnual Internation Arts Festival "Classic OPEN FEST" (Tolyatti, August 11-26th 2018);
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5th Annual Symphonic Forum of Russia in performance with the Far East Academic Symphony Orchestra under conductor A.A. Shaburov (Ekaterinburg, October 7-9th 2018);
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International Music Festival "Suoni dal Golfo" in performance with Orchestra Exellence (Lericci, Italy, August 10-27th 2019);
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65th Festival Puccini Torre del Lago - opera "Le Villi" under director Alberto Veronesi (Torre del Lago, Italy, August 16th 2019);
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Al Bustan International Festival of Music and the Performing Arts "Harmonies of Peace" in performance with Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra under director Gianluca Marciano and Andreas Ottensamer (Beirut, Lebanon, March 9-15th 2023);
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Rachmaninoff Music Festival in performance with Tyumen Philharmonic Orchestra under director Yuri Medianik (Tyumen, March 23 - April 1st 2023);
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XIV Music Festival "Summer in the Tobolsk Kremlin" Leonid Agutin and Yuri Butman in performance with Tyumen Philharmonic Orchestra under director Yuri Medianik (Tobolsk, July 8-15th 2023).
In 2006 graduated from Krasnoyarsk College of the Arts named after P.I. Ivanova-Padkevich, where she studied viola perfomance in the studio of Galina Dmitrik.
In 2013 graduated Ural State Conservatory (Academy) named after M.P. Mussorgsky, where she studed under Evgeniy Zheleznyakov, later earning her graduate diploma from the chamber ensemble and collaborative piano department under Dr. E.P. Lukyanova at the same institution.
In 2014 was awarded the M.P. Mussorgsky Scholarship for achievements in performance by the Academic Council of the Ural State Conservatory.
From 2012 through 2016 was an artist of the Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2017-18 worked as a musician in chamber ensembles at the Beijing Exposition Center (Beijing, China). In September-October of 2018 took part in a concert series in the DVASO ensemble at the Khabarovsk District Philharmonic (Khabarovsk and Birobijan). Since 2019 serves as artist in the Tyumen Symphonic Orchestra.
Guest pedagogue at the summer course "La Academia Study" (Estibella-Valencia, Spain, 2015); Asociacion de Estudios Avanzados - Musica Sana, master classes (Sagunto, Spain, February 4-5th 2017).
-Professional development (certification by the Ural State Pedagogical University through the program "Introduction of Complex-wave Lesson Methods in educational organizations").
-Participation in the Seminar for Teachers directed by M.S. Kazinik supported by the fund "Life Energy" (Ekaterinburg, March 9-11th 2018).
-Leadership at master classes for students from the orchestra department of Children's Music School No. 5 named after V.F. Bobylyeva (Ryazan, March 17th 2019).
-Certificate in Viola and Violin Pedegogy from master class at Escola de Musica municipal de Valga (Spain, July 23-25th 2019).
Winner of all-Russia and international competitions.
-Holds graduate diploma from the 8th International Competition "Muses of the World," having performed in the vocal-instrumental trio "Violett" (Moscow, 2014),
-2nd-place winner of 7th International Festival-Competition "Yuzhnouralsk-Salzburg" in the ensemble division (Yuzhnouralsk, Chelyabinsk oblast, 2014),
-3rd-place winner of the online music competition "eMuse" in participation with string trio (Athens, Greece).
Actively concertizes in chamber ensembles. In 2016 from April 9-14th in collaboration with the Ural State Conservatory, P.I. Tchaikovsky Alapaev home-museum, and Children's Musical School no. 6, Natalia participated as co-organizer and instrumentalist at the New Music Festival and intermural student conference, attending master classes, lectures, and concerts. Invited artists at the festival included composers Paolo Ugoletti (Italy), Anna Kazzura (Spain), and also Ekaterina Denisova-Kuprovskaya (France).
At the end of December in 2016 she toured in Germany for performance with her instrumental duo "Avanti," appearing in Vorpswede, Bremen, and Hamburg. The Zemkens, a German-Russian family long engaged in supporting and advancing Russian culture in Germany, served as organizers of Avanti's tour.