Sundays On The Hill Concert Series: A Gifted Ukrainian-born Pianist Will Entertain in Weston
Mark Moffett
Posted On July 30, 2025
Sundays On The Hill Concert Series is excited to have the Liana Paniyeva perform a one-hour
concert in the Old Parish Church (144 Main Street), on August 10, 2025 at 4:00. Admission is
only $10 for adults. The doors open around 3:30pm and admission is paid at the door. Please
see www.SundaysOnThe Hill.org for more information and updates.
Liana Paniyeva has been hailed by the New York Concert Review as “a wonderful pianist”, and
one with “tender regard for the music, a captivating inwardness”; by Fanfare Magazine.
Ms. Paniyeva has been a prizewinner in numerous international competitions: The Iowa
International Piano Competition in 2015, The George Gershwin International Competition in
2019, Grand Prize at the Metropolitan International Piano Competition in NYC 2012,
International Piano Competition in Memory of E. Gilels in Odessa, Music World in Italy,
awarded the Cargill Foundation Prize in the 2014 Scottish International Piano Competition in
Glasgow, a prize in memory of Bracha Eden for the most impressive performance during The
Voice of Music Competition in Jerusalem, winner of The American Fine Arts Festival (AFAF) in
NYC 2012. In 2023 Liana won the Grand Prize at the Oxana Yablonskaya Piano Institute in
Puigcerda, Spain.
Liana has been featured in various broadcasts and recordings. Reviewing her recording, Huntley
Dent of Fanfare Magazine praised her version of Mussorgsky’s Pictures At An Exhibition as
“Paniyeva’s reading outshines many others in the catalog, including those by famous names.”
Paniyeva is a graduate of the Donetsk Music Academy in Ukraine, she earned her Professional
Studies Diploma from the Manhattan School of Music and an Artist Diploma from The Hartt
School of the University of Hartford. Ms. Paniyeva is a founder and artistic director of the Young
Stars International Piano Competition. In 2022, Ms. Paniyeva was granted the Extraordinary
Abilities in the Arts permanent US residence, given only to artists who attained the highest level
in their field. www.lianapaniyeva.com
