Biography
Olga Tcherniak was awarded with the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for her distinguished contribution to the cultural dynamics in the province of Ontario. After graduating from Mussorgsky School of Music for Gifted in Russia she continued her Graduate and Postgraduate studies at the Moscow University and University of Western Ontario and holds Degrees in Performance, Pedagogy and Musicology. Olga has been a professor of Ural State University from 1982-1989 and has taught at St.Calir College in Michigan from 1995-2004. She is known as a performer, teacher, workshop clinician and a vocal coach in the US, Canada, Russia, France and Israel.
In the recent years Olga’s collaborations included many leading internationally acclaimed performers as well as National Ballet of Canada, and University of Western Ontario Opera Studio. She has given solo performances in Canada and US and was heard on CBC radio and NBC television. Olga is also known as a Music Director and Host of International Concert Series at St.Clair College in Michigan and the Lawrence Centre for the Arts in Lambton County, Ontario. Currently residing in Ancaster, Ontario, Olga keeps a busy schedule performing as a collaborative pianist and maintaining her private studio. Among her students there are Winners of various Prizes from Canadian and American Competitions as well as the recipients of numerous Scholarships from the leading American Universities. During 2004-2005 Ms. Tcherniak had worked as a writer with FJH Publishers on the new piano series “The Festival Collection”.
Olga Tcherniak is a Member of the College of Examiners with the Royal Conservatory of Music. She is currently the President of the Hamilton-Halton ORMTA.
RCM Examinations
Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association