Daria Podorozhnova is a Russian pianist currently pursuing her Bachelor’s degree at Manhattan School of Music in New York, studying with Alexandre Moutouzkine. She is a recipient of the prestigious Harold and Helene Schonberg Pianist Scholarship.

Born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Daria began piano studies at age 6 at the Special Music School affiliated with the Rostov State Conservatory. She trained under Inna Serebryanskaya and later with renowned professor Sergei Osipenko.

Daria has gained international recognition through numerous competitions. At 15, she won Third Prize at the V International Astana Piano Passion Competition. She earned First Prize at the I International New Generation Piano Competition in Moscow and the II International Rachmaninoff’s Legacy Competition in Rostov-on-Don. Recent highlights include Sixth Prize at the 69th Maria Canals International Competition in Barcelona; First Prize at the 2025 Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT; and First Prize at the 2025 Ann & Charles Eisemann Young Artist Competition in Dallas, which led to a solo performance with the Richardson Symphony Orchestra. In February 2025, she won the Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition and will perform Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra in the 2025/2026 season.

Daria has performed widely across Russia and internationally, both as a recitalist and soloist with orchestras such as the Rostov Symphony, Krasnodar Premier Orchestra, Astana Symphony, Irkutsk Symphony, Volgodonsk Symphony, and the Richardson Symphony Orchestra. She has also appeared at festivals including Stars on the Baikal (Irkutsk), the XVII International Piano Festival Mariinsky (Saint Petersburg), and the Vivace International Music Festival (Wilmington, NC).