Valentina Lisitsa is a classical pianist from Ukraine who learned to play as a
child and studied at the Kiev Conservatory before moving to America where she
attracted great attention when she began posting music videos on YouTube
starting in 2007 with a selection of Chopin etudes. Her 2011 recording 'Charles
Ives: Four Sonatas' went to number six on Billboard's Classical Albums Chart and
was followed by 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall' in 2012 which reached number 18,
'Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos/Paganini Rhapshody' in 2013 which peaked at
number 16 and 'Love Story: Piano The...