Olga Pashchenko (Russian: Ольга Пащенко; born 1986) is a Russian harpsichordist, fortepianist, organist and pianist who has performed in concert halls in Moscow and other cities of Russia, Belarus, Italy, United States, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands and has won several major international competitions.
In 2011 she began studies with Richard Egarr at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam on both fortepiano and harpsichord and she graduated in 2013 and 2014 respectively, with the highest honors on both instruments (excellent, cum laude).
Her playing has been described as "not only technical, but also musically of the highest quality",[5] "imaginative and haunting" [6] and as "a pianistic thoroughbred.
"[7] Her debut CD, Transitions, with music by Dussek, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn was released in 2013 by the Belgian publisher Outhere on the label Fuga Libera, which got selected as the recording of the month on MusicWeb[6][8] and got a ffff (highest award) from the French magazine Télérama.
[9] Her second CD, featuring sonatas and variations by Beethoven, was recorded in Paris in May 2014, and released later that year, on the Alpha label.