Ms. Rizikov also has played in master classes for Sergei Babayan, Vladimir Feltsman, Awadagin Pratt, Arie Vardi, Robert Levin, Ferenc Rados, Anatoly Ryabov, Oxana Yablonskaya, and has worked with András Schiff, Emanuel Ax, Menahem Pressler, Gabor Takács-Nagy, and Olga Kern.
In 2010, Anastasia won the first place in the Thousand Islands International Piano Competition for Young People (Cape Vincent, NY).
She also won the first place at the American Protégé 2010 International Piano and Strings Competition and performed in New York City's Carnegie Hall.
She was also given a special award for Best Artistic Performance and, at age seven, made her orchestral debut, performing Polunin's Concertino in A minor with the National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, conducted by Mykola Diadiura at the Concert Hall of National Kyiv Philharmonic, the followed by a USA Concert Tour of Winners.
The Chopin Competition, held every five years, led to Anastasia's appearance at a gala winners' concert at Koerner Hall in Toronto.
But she is more than the sum of ten fingers – she is a consummate artist, born to play, to love the art and act of music-making.