Pianist Antonina Suhanova has performed on international stages since 2000, establishing herself as a versatile artist whose career spans solo performance, chamber music, and collaboration with leading orchestras.
Following her early studies in Latvia with Ludmila Kiseļenko, Gunta Boža, and Professor Juris Kalnciems, Antonina was admitted to the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, where she studied with distinguished British pianist Ronan O’Hora. Between 2012 and 2018, she completed a First Class Bachelor of Music and Master of Performance, both with distinction, before undertaking the school’s Artist Diploma, also graduating with distinction. She was subsequently appointed a Junior Fellow at GSMD.
Her artistic development was further shaped by the guidance of leading pianists including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Steven Osborne, Matti Raekallio, Richard Goode, Robert Levin, and Yefim Bronfman.
Her performance career has taken her to prestigious venues including Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall, the Purcell Room, and St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, as well as Steinway Hall in New York, the Wiener Saal in Salzburg, and the Kremlin in Moscow. She has appeared as a soloist with ensembles including the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Concertante Chamber Orchestra, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, and Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, collaborating with distinguished conductors including Andris Nelsons and Vladimir Spivakov.
Antonina has performed at festivals and concert series throughout the United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, China, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Austria. Her solo debut at Wigmore Hall was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, and her performances have also been featured on Latvian Radio 3 Klasika, Russia’s Channel One, and Switzerland’s Espace 2.
Antonina is a recipient of the Hattori Foundation Award, the Kenneth Loveland Gift, and awards from the Drake Calleja Trust, Help Musicians UK, Making Music UK and the Worshipful Company of Musicians. She was awarded Second Prize at the Jāzeps Vītols International Piano Competition, the William Brown Prize at the Scottish International Piano Competition, and was nominated for the International German Piano Award.
Recent highlights have included recitals at Wigmore Hall, Merkin Hall in New York, the Rio Piano Festival in Brazil, the Art of Piano Festival at the Banff Centre in Canada, and festivals across the UK, including Leeds, Bristol and Buxton. She is also a recipient of a grant from the Oleg Prokofiev Trust.
Alongside her performing career, Antonina is dedicated to teaching and the development of young musicians. Since September 2022, she has been a member of the faculty of the Junior Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she works with the next generation of pianists.
In 2026, Antonina marks the release of a new album devoted to the music of Sergei Prokofiev, released on Prospero Classical.
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