Marina Vyaizya graduated
from the St Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Music School
in 1999 having specialised in piano studies (class
of Mikhail Lebed) and from the St Petersburg State
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in 2004 before undertaking postgraduate
studies in organ (class of Professor Chausova) and harpsichord
(class of Professor Rozanov); in 2005 she graduated
from the Jean Sibelius Academy (Helsinki, Finland) having specialised
in organ studies (class of Professor Olli Porthan).
As a student, Marina Vyaizya took part in international
master-classes given by Ludger Lohmann, Jon Laukvik, Wolfgang Zerer, Pieter
van Dijk and Lorenzo Ghielmi among other highly acclaimed organists.
As a grant-recipient of the Gartow Stiftung, she
had a month-long traineeship at Stuttgart’s Hochschule
fьr Musik und Darstellende Kunst under Professor Lohmann. Since
1991 she has been the organist and chorus mistress
of St George’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. Since 2009 she
has been principal organist of St Maria’s Cathedral, where she also
organises the Free Organ Concerts series.
At the III and IV Tariverdiev International Organ
Competitions, Vyaizya won special prizes following which she undertook
a tour of the north of England.
Since 2005 Marina
Vyaizya has taught at the faculty of organ
and harpsichord studies at the St Petersburg Conservatoire
(organ improvisation, music performance and educational methods). Moreover,
since 2010 she has taught at the faculty of organ
and carillon studies at the St Petersburg State University
while since 2001 she has worked at the Theological Institute
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria.
Marina Vyaizya regularly appears at concert venues
in St Petersburg in recital as well as together
with instrumentalists and singers. She has performed in numerous
towns and cities in Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Great Britain and Germany.
The organist’s extensive repertoire includes works from many different
eras.