Marianna Vasilieva graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatoire’s specialized music school lyceum in the studio of Professor V. Ovchareka, with whom she currently continues her studies at the Saint Petersburg Con servatoire. She is simultaneously studying with Professor D. Schwarzberg at the Vienna University of Music. Marianna Vasilieva is an international competition prize-winner and scho larship recipient of many international charitable organizations (including von Karayana, V. Spivakova). She regularly takes master-courses from Professor Z. Bron and performs in the best halls of Russia, Europe and Canada.