MARGARITA ROVENSKAYA is a sought-after pianist, captivating audiences in the US and abroad with performances at Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, Merkin Hall, Zimmerli Museum, Ukrainian Museum, Teatro Machiavelli in Sicily, and DiMenna Center. A prizewinner of the WPTA Finland International Competition, Constantine the Great International Competition, American Music Talent Competition, Mary Smart International Concerto Competition, and Chopin Society Malaysia Competition, she regularly appears in recital series nationwide.

Dr. Rovenskaya champions Czech and Ukrainian composers, programming Ukrainian solo and chamber music, and recently performing Dvořák’s complete Poetic Tone Pictures at the Czech Center NYC. An avid chamber musician, she collaborates with acclaimed musicians and has performed at festivals such as the Manchester Music Festival, Savannah Philharmonic’s Larsen Spotlight Series as a Rising Star, and Bay Chamber Music Series. She is especially honored to perform in the annual Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival, which celebrates Ukrainian culture, music, and avant-garde Ukrainian composers.

Dr. Rovenskaya’s performances also include premieres of new music, such as the US premier of Frank Ticheli’s Clarinet Concerto, where she was the orchestral pianist, and Christopher Dietz’s premiere of Sonoromoro for chamber orchestra, piano and percussion. Dr. Rovenskaya is also a member of the Desdemona Ensemble, a chamber ensemble which commissions and performs music of living composers; composer Finola Merivale's album, Tus, was recorded by Desdemona Ensemble and won Best Contemporary Classical Album this year. It features “Release”, a work for violin and piano, with Dr. Rovenskaya on piano.

Born in Ukraine, Margarita Rovenskaya began studying the piano at the age of six in Chicago. She earned her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Oberlin Conservatory in May 2012, her Masters in Piano Studies at New York University in May 2014, and earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts at Rutgers University in 2022. Her teachers include Efrem Briskin, Peter Takacs, Eteri Andjaparidze, and Vladimir Valjarevic.

Dr. Rovenskaya is currently based in New York City. She has served as Co-Adjunct Faculty at Rutgers University, Adjunct Piano Instructor at New York University, Head of the Piano Department at Newark School of the Arts as well. She is currently Piano Faculty at the Spence School, runs her own private studio, and serves as the President of the Piano Teachers Congress.