Liliia Oliinyk

Liliia Oliinyk is a Ukrainian-born pianist. She is a laureate of numerous regional and national competitions, including the National Bugayevsky Piano Competition in Ukraine. Liliia holds a Master of Music Arts Degree from the University of New Orleans and a Doctor of Music Arts Degree with a concentration in Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano from Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, LA. Over the course of more than twenty years she has formally studied under several internationally renowned musicians, including Valentina Gerasimenko, Tatiana Sivtsova, Efym Vallerstein, Robin H. Williams, Ana María Otamendi, and Willis Delony.

As an educator, Liliia was a co-director of the 2021-2022 Technique Intensive for the Collaborative Piano Institute at LSU where she presented lectures and masterclasses on various aspects of piano technique and taught one-on-one lessons addressing the most challenging areas of standard collaborative piano literature. She is passionate about helping musicians overcome common pitfalls, like muscle tension and stage fright. Liliia held a Visiting Assistant Professor of Piano position at Louisiana State University for the Fall 2024 semester, and worked as Artist Faculty and collaborative pianist for the Classical Vocal department at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) from 2021-2025. Currently, Liliia serves as a Visiting Assistant Piano Professor for the Department of Music at Tulane University.

As a recitalist, Liliia has performed in many concerts, festivals, and masterclasses across the US and Europe and has received coaching from Alexander Bonduriansky, Alan Chow, Nyela Basney, and Martin Katz. She has served as a guest collaborative pianist at Loyola University, Tulane University, University of New Orleans (UNO), and Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU) in Hammond, LA. Liliia’s most recent collaborations include guest recitals with soprano Grace McCrary (SLU), the UNO Music Excursion Series with flutist Sarah Schettler, the New Orleans Concert Band under the direction of Dr. Charles Taylor, Bartok’s Contrasts with the LOTT Quartet, An Evening of Ukrainian and Bulgarian chamber masterworks with Milena Rusanova and Geunseoun Han (LPO), and Farrenc’s Piano Trio with Sarah Schettler and David Rosen (MUSAICA).

Driven by compassion for all those affected by the war in her home country of Ukraine and a belief in the power of music to heal and inspire, Liliia is an avid advocate of programming and showcasing underrepresented masterpieces of piano music written by Ukrainian composers.

Liliia believes these pieces deserve to be performed on concert stages around the world.

Research

Research and performance of Ukrainian Classical Music Repertoire; healthy piano technique, tools to overcome muscle tension and stage fright in students of all ages; use of intoning and singing in piano practice; multi-level memorization techniques for piano solo repertoire; benefits of score analysis and composition exercises in solo and collaborative repetoire; working with vocalists, instrumentalists, and chamber groups and its benefits for solo piano performance.

Publications/performances

LMTA Lecture Recital and Research Paper on Vasyl Barvinsky's Miniatures and Piano Preludes coming in October 2025.

Articles about Liliia's performances and research for solo presentations:

• Musical Arts Society of New Orleans
• YouTube
• Google Drive