Ilona Mazan was born in Moscow. From an early age, her mother nurtured her interest in music.
At six, Ilona began piano lessons and was soon admitted to the music school attached to the Academic Music College of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
At nine, she entered the Central Music School at the Moscow State Conservatory (class of Prof. Kira A. Shashkina).
At the age of seven, she made her debut in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory performing J.S. Bach’s Piano Concerto in F minor with orchestra—becoming one of the youngest soloists ever to appear on that stage.
She graduated from the Central Music School in the class of Prof. Vasily I. Ermakov. At her final state examination at seventeen, she performed all twelve of Frédéric Chopin’s Études Op. 10 in a single sitting—the second performer in the school’s history to achieve this.
In 2018, Ilona entered the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of Prof. Zoya A. Ignatyeva, graduating with a Red Diploma (summa cum laude). She then completed her assistantship-internship at the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music under Prof. Yuri A. Bogdanov, earning a diploma with distinction.
- 2nd Prize – International Piano Competition “De Bach au Jazz” (Athens, 2025)
- 1st Prize – Tadini International Music Competition (Lovere, Italy, 2024)
- 3rd Prize – VII International Alexander Nasedkin Competition (Yaroslavl, 2024)
- 6th Prize – XII International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition (Hartford, USA, 2021)
- 3rd Prize – VII International Fryderyk Chopin Competition (Petrozavodsk, 2021)
- 1st Prize – VI International Competition “Performers of the 21st Century” (Moscow, 2020)
- 1st Prize – Second All-Russian Competition “Musical Talents of Russia” (Moscow, 2020)
- 1st Prize – Open International Competition “Russian Music of the 19th–21st Centuries” (Moscow, 2008)
- 1st Prize – IX Moscow Young Pianists Competition “Steps to Mastery” (Moscow, 2007)
Soloist with the “Masters of Russia” Orchestra under Valery Petrov.
Piano professor at the Gnesins Music College.
Ilona has performed in the major halls of Moscow (Moscow Conservatory, Moskontsert, Moscow International House of Music) and in philharmonic and concert venues across Russia (St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Sochi, Yalta, Foros, Petrozavodsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, etc.) as well as abroad (Germany, Austria, USA, Italy, Greece).
She has appeared at the Rheingau Music Festival (2014), the International Forum of Spanish Art (Moscow, 2019), and International Piano Campus (Milan/Lovere, 2024).
Prize-winner of international competitions, including:
