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About the teachers

Tatiana Stupak (piano)

Tatiana Stupak graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatory, qualifying as a piano soloist, accompanist and music teacher, and for the last three years, she has been upgrading her skills at the Moscow Conservatory. She is a laureate of many international piano and organ competitions. In Cyprus, she has won several awards: Russian Cultural Woman in 2018, ’20 Successful People of the Republic of Cyprus’ in 2020, Best Businesss Inspirational Woman in 2021. She has won many other awards for charitable work. She founded her own music school in Limassol in 2018, and established her own record label, Stupak Records, releasing her first CD of piano solos in 2021. In 2023, she set a new Guinness World Record, for performing the highest concert on earth at a height of 6701m, on Mt. Aconcagua, flying the flag of Cyprus at the summit.

Elena Soskova (coloratura soprano)

Elena Soskova is a soloist of the International Academy of Music Elena Obraztsova (in St. Petersburg). She graduated in 2015 from the Russian State Social Academy of Arts in Moscow, specializing in vocal art. She is a qualified opera singer, concert and chamber singer, and a teacher with a degree in vocal art. She has taken part in many competitions and master classes, winning diplomas and laureate statuses.

Souzana Sotiri (flute)

Suzana Sotiri is a graduate of the Arte Music Academy (degree in music studies, degree in flute performance). She has won many international music competitions, performed live on radio and television, and performed numerous concerts. She was a member of the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra as well as the Cyprus European Orchestra, and performed with many music ensembles such as Flautissimo, Cellute, Famagusta Municipality Orchestra. Her love for music does not stop at the flute, as she teaches music to kids as well as theory, harmony, solfège and dictèe to all ages.

Daria Protasova (violin)

Daria studied at the South Ural State Institute of Arts, where she graduated in 2022 as an artist and violin teacher. She taught first at the Children's Art School No. 1 in Yemanzhelinsk, and later at the Children's Music School No. 1 in Kopeysk where she worked with children of pre-school and school age.

During Covid times, she conducted on-line violin lessons, providing students with the opportunity to learn and develop in a comfortable environment.

She has worked in symphony and chamber orchestras, quartets and ensembles, both as soloist and in a group. Over all these years, Daria's goal is to make music accessible and understandable to every student, develop their talents and inspire them to new heights.