Teaches in Northern Los Angeles

From Los Angeles, California

Plays and Piano

About

Russian pianist ​Anna Fedorova-Latso​ has been called ​“​powerful and seductive” ​by the ​Desert Entertainment​ and praised for her​ “noble tone and expressive poetry”​ ​by ​Wiener Blätter​. At the young age of six, Anna was quickly noticed by famous Russian pianist and pedagogue, ​Vera Gornostaeva.​ This led to her studies at the Glinka Nizhegorod State Conservatory under Prof. Valery Starinin, and Prof. Ekaterina Flerova where in addition to the Vladimir Krainev Foundation​ scholarship, she was awarded the highest honors and a prize for her extraordinary achievements during the studies. She later pursued her postgraduate studies at the Vienna Prayner Conservatory for Music and Dramatic ​in Austria. ​A​nna further enriched her collaborative experience as ​chamber musician and accompanist of instrumentalists and singers at the ​Vienna State Opera. She is a winner of several International Piano Competitions such as ​Russian Youth Piano Competition, ​Maria Cherogiorgou-Sigara​ in Athens, ​Città di Ovada​ in Italy, ​Maria Yudina ​in St. Petersburg, ​Scriabin International Piano Competition​ in Grosseto and the International Piano Competition in Santorini. With her husband, she founded ​The Latsos​ ​Piano Duo​, the recent ​winner​ ​of​ Beverly Hills National Auditions.​ Their repertoire includes all major works for four-hand piano and 2-piano duos as well as numerous forgotten original transcriptions and 20th century works. The Latsos have performed in numerous European countries as well as in Russia and the USA. Their ​Music in the Mansion Series​ concert was filmed by ​Beverly Hills​ Warner Cable Television BHTV10 Channel and also live-streamed on ​KUSC​ radio station. They have released two albums of piano music. Anna's musical career includes being a concert pianist and collaborative artist, a pedagogue and an international juror. Anna has been teaching music to children, teens and adults for over 15 years, both privately and in group settings, including beginners through advanced levels. Growing around so many extraordinary artistic minds in the city of Los Angeles allows Anna to see many different styles and approaches to educating. She continues to bring new ideas and perspectives to her work and students.