With a clear focus on the works of
Frédéric Chopin and Russian music, pianist
Olga Scheps has found a niche in Romantic repertoire that has secured her popularity. Born in Moscow in 1986 to a musical family -- her father is
Ilja Scheps, a pianist and professor in Aachen at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Köln --
Scheps began taking piano lessons at age 4, and by 12 had begun her concert career. At 14, she performed the
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 in Düsseldorf, and gave a series of recitals for the Best of NRW concert series.
Scheps has performed across Europe and in Asia, and she made her debut in the United States playing
Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2 with the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra,
Sebastian Lang-Lessing conducting. A guest artist at many music festivals,
Scheps has appeared at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr since 2007, and performed at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Heidelberger Frühling, the Kissinger Sommer, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the Mozartfest Würzburg, the Mosel Musikfestival, the Rheingau Musik Festival, and the Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker.
Scheps is also an avid chamber musician, performing with
Daniel Hope,
Erik Schumann,
Adrian Brendel,
Alban Gerhardt,
Jan Vogler, and
Nils Mönkemeyer.
Scheps signed with RCA Red Seal and released her first album,
Chopin,in 2010, which she followed with the Russian Album later that year. She released The Chopin Piano Concertos in 2014, and she has recorded the music of
Schubert,
Satie, and
Tchaikovsky.