Organ Recital: Victoria Shorokhova

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
from Symphony No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 42, No. 1
     I. Allegro vivace

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
from Symphony No. 3 in F# Minor, Op. 28
     IV. Adagio

Pamela Decker (b. 1955)
Windows of the Spirit (2018)


Victoria Shorokhova graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory (Russia) in piano in 2016 (Prof. Vladimir Shakin) and in organ in 2017 (Prof. Daniel Zaretsky). She earned a master’s degree at Saint Petersburg State University in 2019, majoring in “Historical Performance on Keyboard Instruments” (organ, harpsichord and carillon).

Since January 2021, Victoria is pursuing a master’s degree in Organ Performance at Georgia State University (Dr. Jens Korndörfer), and serves as music intern at First Presbyterian Church, in Atlanta. Victoria is a laureate of numerous international organ competitions, including the 26th International Competition of Sacred Music in Rumia, Poland, in 2014 (2nd prize), the International Braudo Organ Competition in Saint Petersburg, in 2019 (Diploma and special prize). In 2022 she was a semifinalist of National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance (Seattle). Victoria has participated in organ academies (Alkmaar, Netherlands, 2013, Graz, Austria, 2014, Kotka, Finland, 2015) and master-classes (L. Lohmann, A. Gast (Germany), G. Rost, J. Trummer (Austria), I. Quinn (USA), L. Ghielmi (Italy), and H. Fagius (Sweden).