Pianist Nadia Shpachenko has performed extensively in solo recitals and with orchestras in North America and Europe in venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Most recently she toured Mexico with Orquesta de Baja California, performed with the Kharkov Philharmonic, the Ukrainian National Symphony and the Ukrainian National Radio Symphony Orchestras in Ukraine and the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra in California. Winner of numerous international piano competitions, Dr. Shpachenko performed at the International Holland Music Sessions, Aspen, Cliburn, Manchester, Orford, Sarasota, Music Academy of the West, Tel-Hai, and Saluzzo International Music Festivals. An enthusiastic promoter of contemporary music, she recently performed and premiered works by George Crumb, Leon Kirchner, Elliott Carter, Iannis Xenakis, Peter Yates, Dave Kopplin, Yury Ishchenko, and others.

Dr. Shpachenko is currently Assistant Professor of Music at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and Adjunct Professor of Music at the Claremont Graduate University. In addition, she has recently served as visiting faculty at Pomona College, guest lecturer at the California Institute of the Arts, Artist in Residence at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, and Associate Faculty at the Sarasota International Music Festival. Dr. Shpachenko completed her DMA and MM degrees at the University of Southern California, where she was awarded the title of Outstanding Graduate. Her principal teachers included John Perry, Victor Rosenbaum, and Victor Derevianko.