Dr. Svetlana Maddox

Dr. Svetlana Maddox is a classical pianist who represents the third generation of professional musicians in her family. Winner of the First Prize in the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition in New York, Svetlana had the honor to perform in Carnegie Hall in 2009. She was privileged to perform in Carnegie Hall again as the recipient of the Grand Prizes in the Princeton Music-Fests in 2012 and 2013. Svetlana’s performances and solo recitals in NYC also include venues, such as Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center and Steinway Hall.

Svetlana’s numerous concerts across the US resulted in articles, interviews, and concert reviews that appeared in magazines and newspapers in New York, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, and Idaho. Svetlana’s European concert tour that included a lecture-recital and a Master class at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Budapest, Hungary; performance at the International Pushkin Festival at the Chekhov Theater; a solo recital at the National Organ Hall in Chisinau, Moldova, also resulted in articles that appeared in several Moldavian newspapers. Svetlana’s interview and performance for the musical program was broadcast on Radio Moldova.

In 2016 Svetlana was invited to perform at the Liszt & Russia Festival of the “American Liszt Society” at California State University Northridge, Los Angeles. Previously, Svetlana gave a solo recital at The 15th Anniversary Chopin Festival in El Paso, Texas. In 2015 and 2014 Svetlana was one of the featured artists in the Stars of Steinway concert series in Boise, Idaho. In 2014 Dr. Mark Hansen and Dr. Svetlana Maddox formed a duo-piano Tesoro. This collaboration resulted in a number of successful concerts and master-classes presented at the colleges and universities throughout Idaho.

Svetlana’s Lecture-Recital at Idaho Music Teacher’s Association conference in September 2017 marked an important landmark in her concert carrier: performing at Idaho’s major institutions, including, BSU, ISU, BYU, NNU, U of I, C of I, CSI, and CWI. In 2018 Svetlana’s bibliography article on Modest Mussorgsky was published on Oxford Bibliographies in Music and is available at www.oxfordbibliographies.com.

Svetlana earned her Doctorate degree in Piano Performance from the University of Arizona (with Professor Nicholas Zumbro and Dr. Rex Woods). The subject of her dissertation was the famous masterpiece by Modest Mussorgsky, “Pictures at an Exhibition.” While living in New York in 2004-2009, Svetlana studied privately with the renowned international concert pianist, Professor Bella Davidovich of Juilliard School. Svetlana also holds two Masters Degrees in Piano Performance: from The Gnesins Academy of Music in Moscow, Russia, and from Boise State University (with Dr. Del Parkinson).

Currently, Dr. Svetlana Maddox combines her active performance career with teaching at Boise State University and the College of Western Idaho.