Anastasia Razvalyaeva (Hungary)

Anastasia Razvalyaeva was born in Russia, the daughter of a harpist mother and a marine geophysicist father. In 1993, her family moved to Hungary. Anastasia began learning the harp at the age of seven with her mother, Natalia Gorbunova. One year later, she continued her studies with Prof. Melinda Felletár at the Franz Liszt Music Conservatory of Szeged. In 2011, Anastasia earned a Master's Diploma at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, where she had been studying with Prof. Andrea Vigh. Since 2012, Anastasia has been teaching at the Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, Hungary.

Anastasia achieved 2nd prize at the International Chamber Music Competition in Arles (1999), won First Prize at the 14th International Competition of Young Musicians "Petar Konjovic" in Belgrade (2009), 2nd Prize at the IV. Spanish Competition for Chamber Music with the harp in Madrid (2014), 3rd prize at IV. "Suoni d'Arpa" International Competition in Briosco (2014), and a Special Prize at the 7th International Music Competition and Festival "Svirél" in Dobrovo, Slovenia (2015). In 2010, she won an audition for a special program for talented musicians at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest. In 2011, she received one of the most prestigious recognitions in Hungary, the Junior Prima Award. She was awarded the Fischer Annie Scholarship in 2015.

Anastasia has attended masterclasses with renowned international harpists such as Isabelle Moretti, Xavier de Maistre, Marielle Nordmann, Jana Bouskova, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Germaine Lorenzini, Ion Ivan Roncea, Susanna Mildonian, Milda Agazaryan, David Watkins, Elinor Bennett, Isabelle Perrin, Maria Graf, Anna Verkholantseva, Erika Waardenburg, Willy Postma, and Gabriella Dall'Olio.

As a soloist, Anastasia has performed with several Hungarian orchestras, including the MÁV Symphonic Orchestra, Pannon Philharmonic, and Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Budapest Strings Orchestra, among others. She is actively involved in various chamber music projects, such as a flute, viola, and harp trio, and a saxophone and harp duo (Duo SeRa), commissioning pieces from contemporary Hungarian composers. Her collaboration with guitarist Miklós Környei has resulted in a CD of works by Spanish composers transcribed for guitar and harp. She has played solo and chamber music concerts at various festivals.

In 2018, Anastasia introduced a new project based on Debussy songs with jazz singer Veronika Harcsa and premiered the Winterreise song cycle with soprano Emőke Baráth and director Eszter Novák.