Rena Shereshevskaya is a renowned professor and pianist, Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (France), winner of the Ippolitov-Ivanov International Award for Musical Education, and honorary professor of the Moscow Ippolitov-lvanov Musical and Pedagogical Institute.
A graduate of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, she worked at the Central Special Music School for Gifted Children of the State Conservatory and later, was a tenured professor of a piano chair at the Ippolitov-lvanov Institute.
In 1993, she went to France as a guest professor and has worked there ever since. Currently, Rena is a professor at the Alfred Cortot Superior Music School in Paris, as well as at the Rueil-Malmaison Conservatory. Many of her students have won major international competitions, such as Alexandre Kantorow (first prize and grand prize at the XVI Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow, 2019); Lucas Debargue (fourth prize and special prize from the Association of Musical Critics at the XV Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow, 2015); Rémi Geniet (second prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, Brussels, 2013) and Aimo Pagin (third prize at the Enescu Competition, 2005 and first prize at the Pausilypon Piano Prize, Naples, 2006), among others. Rena gives master classes around the world and also performs chamber music with internationally renowned musicians. She is also the founder and Artistic Director of the “Artistic Dynasties and Families” festival.