Little girl from Ufa wins prize at International Pianist Contest in Italy

Little girl from Ufa (the capital of Bashkiria) Dasha Petrova won a prize at the International Pianist Contest in Pianello, Italy.

The young student of children's musical school number 4 has been learning to play the piano for a year already. Her teacher is Guzel Utyasheva, a member of the European Association of Teachers-Pianists.

The contest in Pianello is of particular importance in the musical world. Pianist Lazar Berman and director of the Sorbonne's music department Jacques Grimbert are the members of the jury.

Dasha Petrova perfectly performed a complex programme, in spite of excitement, and won the sympathy of strict judges.