Pianist Violina Petrychenko is on a mission to make the music and culture of her native Ukraine more widely known. Beginning her education in her home town of Zaporozhye, her studies have taken her to Kiev, Weimar, Essen and Cologne, where she currently works and teaches. The recipient of numerous awards, scholarships and prizes, Violina has performed extensively in concert halls and festivals throughout Germany, Holland, France, Austria, Spain, the Czech Republic and Ukraine. She has dedicated her last three albums to Ukrainian composers of the 20th century, many of whose works have never been previously recorded.