Polina Bogdanova

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Coaching Russian pronunciation for Prokofiev’s “Alexander Nevsky”

Posted on 28.03.202526.07.2026 by Paolina

28 March 2025

“Rise, Russians, to a glorious war, to a mortal war!”—our incredible choir sang to me this morning, as I dutifully coached their pronunciation.

“Are you bloody kidding me?!”—said my brain, my heart, and every fiber of my being, before I lost it and worked the whole session in tears.

I don’t know what’s worse—the war itself, the world’s attempts to stop it, or the quiet horror of us simply getting used to it.

Masterpiece of music. Nightmare of a text. Phenomenal choir work (gracias chicos ❤️). And one devastated pianist.

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Cyrillic transliteration for Shostakovich’s “The Nose” for La Monnaie

Posted on 25.01.202326.07.2026 by Paolina

25 January 2023

Just finalized the transliteration of Shostakovich’s “The Nose” for my alma mater opera house @lamonnaie.demunt. Feeling sentimental and blue about those times: what a naive fool I was back then #experiencedfoolnow

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Polina Bogdanova - pianist/harpsichord player in Wolfgang Rihm's "Jakob Lenz", Bremen (Germany)
Polina Bogdanova - pianist during the master-class in La Monnaie, Brussels (photo by Hugo Segers)
Polina Bogdanova - pianist in Franck's piano quintett, Flagey (Brussels)
Polina Bogdanova, pianist and opera répétiteur
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