Born in Mytischi in 1991. She started playing the piano at the age of six, first taking lessons with Marina Illina awas t the Scriabin Music School in Moscow, where she also studied flute in the class of Elena Ostafieva. In 2007 she continued her training at the Chopin Music College in Moscow under the guidance of Vera Nosina. Between 2011 and 2012 she studied with Vera Nosina at the Gnessin Academy in Moscow. As a soloist she has received invaluable impulses from such distinguished pedagogues as Dmitri Bashkirov, Konstantin Sherbakov, Victor Merzhanov, Zoltan Koscis, Arie Vardi, Sergey Senkov and Alexey Skavronsky. As a participant in numerous chamber music festivals, Ms. Charnetckaia has gained extensive experience playing in piano trios, piano quartets and duos with various instruments, and has worked with such notable artists as Ulrich Koella and Evgeny Sinaiski. Her commitment to chamber music also includes frequent performances in duo with singers. Ms. Charnetckaia has won numerous prizes in national and international competitions, among others First Prize in the Duttweiler-Hug Competition, Second Prize at the Swiss Competition for Contemporary Music Interpretation, the Grand Prix at « Music without Limits » in Lithuania, a Special Prize at « World Delphic Games » in Russia, a Special Prize at « Art of the 21st Century » in Ukraine and Third Prize at the P. Serebriakov International Piano Competition in Russia. Her performances as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician have taken her to many countries of Europe, including Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Switzerland and Russia. She began studying with Konstantin Sherbakov at the Hochschule der Künste in Zurich in 2012, earning her Master’s degree in Performance with top marks in 2014. She is currently preparing for her Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance with Konstantin Sherbakov.