Donna Voce features works for solo piano by female composers from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, performed by Anna Shelest.

Hailed by The New York Times as a pianist of “a fiery sensibility and warm touch,” Anna Shelest is an international award-winning pianist who has thrilled audiences throughout the world. An effective collaborator (The New York Times), Anna made her orchestral debut at the age of twelve with the Kharkiv Symphony Orchestra, playing Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no.1. Since then, she has been a soloist with some of the world’s finest orchestras, including the Montreal Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, St Petersburg Philharmonic, and Estonian National Symphony.

Born in Ukraine, she received her early music education at Kharkiv Special Music School. Since receiving her master’s degree from The Juilliard School in the class of Jerome Lowenthal, Anna has made her home in New York City with her husband and two sons.

“If I had to recommend a single CD to convince someone that music composed by women can be delightful, engaging, and moving, Shelest has provided it. …the biographical sketches of the composers were eye-opening. Warmly recommended.” – Huntley Dent, Fanfare, Sept/Oct 2019