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Irina Lankova (born September 11, 1977) is a concert pianist.

Born in 1977 in Russia, Irina Lankova began studying the piano at the age of 7. She graduated in 1996 with the highest honours from the famous Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow. Accepted by Royal Conservatory of Brussels in the class of Professor Evgeny Moguilevsky in 1996, Irina was awarded the 'Premier Prix' for Piano with the Highest Distinction at the end of her first year. She consecutively obtained Diplomes Superieurs of Piano, Chamber Music, Musical Theory and Musical Pedagogy as well as studying conducting.

Irina specialised further by participating in master classes with Vitaly Margulis and Vladimir Tropp.

Irina became Laureate of the 'Fonds Wernaerts', the French-speaking Community of Belgium, for her piano studies, and was awarded the Prix de la Fondation Horlait Dapsens (Belgium) three times for her chamber music performances. She has appeared in all major festivals and concert halls in Belgium: Festival Midi-Minimes, Festival d'Enghien, Festival de Silly, Festival de Wallonie, Festival Monteverdi, the Flagey concert hall and Grande Salle of Brussels's Conservatory. Her recital at the festival Europalia-Russia in Brussels (2005), transmitted live by Radio Klara, was highly acclaimed by the media.

In 2004, Irina recorded her first CD, featuring works of Rachmaninov and Liszt. Her second CD "Alexander Scriabin - from Romantic to Mystic", released in October 2006, has received excellent critic reviews. In February 2008, Irina recorded her third, an all Chopin disc, released to coincide with her triumphant Wigmore Hall debut in July 2008.

Commissioned to play across Europe, Irina now lives in England. She is an authentic Russian talent specialising in the musical Romanticism and her reviews generally load her passionate yet feminine interpretation of the great romantic composers. In 2009, Irina was invited to become one of the elite worldwide ‘Steinway Artist’.