Svetlana Transky was born in the former Soviet Union and is a graduate of the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. Svetlana obtained a Masters and a Doctoral Degree in Musical Arts with a major in Piano Performance as well as a minor in Keyboard Collaborative Arts and Music Education. She studied with the renowned piano professor Daniel Pollack and was a recipient of the prestigious John Crown Memorial Music Award in Keyboard Studies.
In 2005 Dr. Svetlana Transky was a prize winner in the International Piano Competition of the International Summer Academy of Music in Michelstadt, Germany. She is also a winner of the Los Angeles Liszt Piano Competition, and a finalist of the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition and Dorothy Anderson International Piano Competition in Seattle.
In addition to concertizing as a piano soloist throughout Europe and the United States, Dr. Transky often collaborates with various chamber ensembles and vocalists for performances. She has performed for Sundays Live – KUSC Radio program from LACMA and recorded the music for PBS-NOVA movie special “Darwin’s Darkest Hour” shown on KCET. In addition, Dr. Transky is a creative director, lecturer and a performer in a “Great Composers and Performers” series for Unity in Diversity Arts Foundation.
Dr. Svetlana Transky has a successful piano teaching studio and is currently on the piano faculty of the Evergreen Music Conservatory. Her piano students receive fundamental piano training through a traditional and modern approach. The students are encouraged to participate in Evergreen Music recital programs, as well as to take a comprehensive exam in piano performance, technique and music theory given by the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music sponsored by Her Majesty the Queen of England. Many of Dr. Transky’s students are winners of various competitions and festivals.
She is also a musical director and pianist for the new Evergreen Chamber Music Series.