Nataliya Gonchak

Born in West Ukraine in 1976, she began her musical studies at 7 years of age. She studied in the Special School of Music in Kiev, and from 1996 to 2001 she attended superior studies in Bratislava at the Music and Theatre Academy, where she obtained the “Magister d’Art” Diploma in piano. In Slovakia she has participated in numerous festivals, holding concerts and collaborating as soloist with the Slovakia Chamber Music Orchestra and the Cappella Istropolitana.

Subsequently, she attended refinement studies at the Schola Cantorum in Paris in Eugen Indjic’s class (student of Artur Rubinstein). At the same time, she studied orchestral conducting at the National Conservatoire in Rueil-Malmaison, obtaining the First Prize Diploma (Gold Medal) in May 2004. In June 2007 she obtained, unanimously, the Orchestral Conducting Superior Diploma at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris in Dominique Rouits’ class. In 2008 she graduated in piano with full honors at the Musical Institute of Teramo in Italy.

Since 2002 she collaborates with the International Festival “Duchi d’Acquaviva” of Atri (Te) as a pianist and conductor. She is artistic consultant of the Association “Amici della Musica 2000” di Atri (Te). She was assistant of the principal conductor of the Opera of Massy (Paris) for the 2006/07 season.

She has worked as conductor with internationally renowned soloists such as violinist Marco Rogliano and Ida Bieler, pianists Pasquale Iannone, Eugen Indjic and Yevgeni Moguilevski, cellists Ivan Monighetti and Maria Kliegel, flutist Angelo Persichilli, clarinetists Calogero Palermo and Patrick Messina, bassoonist Valentino Zucchiatti, etc. She regularly performs in duo with the pianist Algino Battistini.

She has conducted many orchestras such as the Symphony Orchestra “Leopolis” of Lviv (Ukraine), the Symphony Orchestra of Arad (Romania), the Symphony Orchestra of Sliven and the Sofia Festival Orchestra (Bulgaria), the Symphony Orchestra of the Conservatory of Pescara (Italy), the Orchestra “Benedetto Marcello” of Teramo (Italy), etc. In June 2009 she participated at the International Orchestral Conducting held by Jorma Panula with the Orchestra “I Pomeriggi Musicali” of Milan. In 2010 she conducted a series of concerts with the International Youth Symphony Orchestra “F. Fenaroli” of Lanciano. Since the summer of 2008 she conductes the Symphony Orchestra “Duchi d’Acquaviva” created by the Association “Amici della Musica 2000” in Atri (Te).

In April 2016 was finalist in the selection of women-conductors of the Hart Institute of Women Conductors – Opera Dallas (USA).