Varvara Ivanova

Concerts in Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Musikhalle Hamburg, Munich Prinzregententheater and Frankfurt Alte Oper were well received.

[2] The concert included a specially commissioned solo arrangement by Paul Sarcich of The Carnival of Venice by Posse, the Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra by Mozart (with flautist Neil McLaren), and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach arranged for solo harp by Marcel Grandjany.

She made her New York debut at the Merkin Hall, followed by a concert four days later at the Libby Gardner Concert Hall in Salt Lake City where she played arrangements of keyboard compositions including those of Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and, as an encore, Liebesträume by Liszt.

[11] On 5 October 2008 she gave a concert at the 10th International Harp Festival in the Royal Palace of Gödöllő in Hungary, with a programme including music by Bach, Spohr, Mchedelov, Smetana, Mussorgsky and Parish Alvars.

[8] The renowned Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich said of her, "She is an outstanding harpist and is already able to perform in all the world demonstrating precise knowledge of her instrument and enormous talent".