Born in the Ukraine into a musical family, it was at an early age that Marina Baranova learned to improvise on the piano. At the age of five she entered a school for specially gifted children and some years later had her first concert appearances. At the turn of the century she moved to Germany where she had the honor of being one of the last students of Wladimir Krajnew at the School for Music and Drama in Hanover.

Marina received several international awards. Today she performs European wide as a soloist as well as with chamber ensembles and successfully clears her way to the hearts of her audience. Besides her classical appearances Marina dedicates herself also to crossover projects and experimental collaborations. Among other activities she improvises to live painting and modern dances, explores brain-teasing extended piano techniques with Free Jazz musicians and pushes the boundaries between classical romanticism and the Klezmer tradition by collaborating with Klezmer legend Giora Feidman. Numerous works have been dedicated to her by young composers around the world. Most recently she worked with the Gewandhaus-Quartet, members of the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and played very successful at the Schumannfest Bonn. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.