ABOUT
Olivia Biskupska is multi-artist - pianist, singer, composer, actor, private music mentor and vocal coach. She graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. She has been performing and composing for over 15 years - with specialization from classical music, through pop and film music, all the way to jazz and contemporary experimental music. She has been performing within various musical ensembles, bands and projects, including those of theatrical and improvisational origins.
Since 2019, she has been devoting her time to share her experiences via private lessons of piano playing, music theory, composition, improvisation and vocal coaching, helping her students to uncover self-expression and love for creativity through music.
PERFORMANCE
RESUMÉ
Lecturing Activities
2019 – Now private lessons of piano, composition, improvisation, music theory and vocal coaching (in Slovak, English and Polish) in person/online or combined format
2023 – Preparing student for Nationwide Piano Competition PIANOFORTE 2023 - student won silver
2023 – Preparing student for ABRSM exams
2022 – Organising Piano Recital of my students in the concert house of Ján Cikker
2021 – Successful preparation of student for university entrance exams and his admission to department of Musicology on Masaryk's University in Brno
Education
2021-2022 – Private lessons with vocal coach Anna Re (worked with vocal coach of Madonna, Sting, Diane Reeves and Broadway actors)
2022 – Completing Summer Jazz Workshop (lector Dena DeRose, New York)
2022 – Private lessons with vocal coach Juliana Sersen
2022 – Completing course Master your Voice (lector Charmaine Brown, USA)
2022 – Certificate from course Teach Music Online (lector Carly Walton, USA)
2021 – Certificate from course ABRSM - Becoming a Better Music Teacher
2018-2020 – Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (Music Dramaturgy - Mgr.)
2017 - Completing course Hearing differently about elementary music composition with prof. Zouhar from University Palackého in Olomouc
2017 – Completing master piano performance course with prof. Drahomíra Biligova from Italy
2016-2017 – Private harp lessons with Dorota Szyszkowska-Janiak in Lodz
2015-2018 – Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (Music Theory Bc.)
- Piano classes with prof. Ivan Gajan (Moscow State Conservatory)
Awards
2016 – First place Piano Duo category, Piano Competition Brezno (Supraregional Piano Competition Brezno)
2016 – Second place, Four Hands Piano Play category, Schneiderova Trnava (Nationwide Piano Competition)
Compositions
2023 – Composing music for American podcast …Of Heroes…and Villains
2022 – Composing music for episodes of YouTube channel LBK Fine Art
2022 – Composing music for documentary film in New York
2021 – Music collaboration with french producer Purple Sun on single High with It
2020-2022 – Composing ambient music (Youtube)
2019 – Presenting composition Suite Fly Away Home at occasion of graduation from Course of Composition at Academy of Performing Arts
2018 - Presenting composition Suite Sakura at occasion of graduation from Course of Composition at Academy of Performing Arts
Collaborations
2019-2022 – Performing in international musical-theatrical of Funnylicious Improv Theater with Vienna Improv
2020 - Musical guest on event Bratislava True Stories organised by ISAC (International Society for Arts and Culture)
2019 – Musical guest on event Bratislava True Stories, boundaries organised by ISAC (International Society for Arts and Culture)