dr hab. Ekaterina Ounterberguer-Pukhalskaya

Born in Yekaterinburg (Russia), pianist, chamber musician, and teacher. She began her musical education in her hometown, where she studied piano with Prof. Irina Renowa. She continued her studies at the Music Conservatory in the piano class of Olga Rusina, while collaborating with the Philharmonics Symphony Orchestra and the Opera in Yekaterinburg.

Since 1993, she has lived permanently in Wrocław, where she initially continued her studies and is now a teacher at the Vocal Department of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław.

She collaborates with the most outstanding singing teachers during numerous masterclasses (T. Żylis-Gara (Monaco), H. Łazarska (Vienna), C. Richardson (USA), K. Szostek-Radkowa (Poland), G. Kahgy (Vienna), Ch. Elsner (Dresden), A. Baumann (Dresden), B. Makal (Poland).

She is a laureate of international competitions and winner of awards for best accompanist (including XXI Century Art in Kiev; A. Kucinisis in Vilnius; Juventus Canti in Vrable, Slovakia; Polish Art Song Performance Competition in Warsaw; National Vocal Competition in Duszniki-Zdrój).

She is invited as a speaker to academic conferences on vocal education and vocalists' collaboration with accompanists, and she was a member of the jury at the International Vocal Competition in Vilnius.

She performs as a pianist and chamber musician, collaborating with artists such as W. Ochman, B. Makal, W. Gorelikow, K. Krzeszowiak, A. Chorosiński, A. Kaćma, B. Bryła, S. Roginskaja, J. Ślęk, and S. Bevier.