Eleonora Karpukhova is an Associate Professor at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. She was born in Kazan (Russia) and began her musical studies at the age of 5. She is the winner of numerous international piano competitions and regularly performs in France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Austria, Chile, Brazil, Portugal, and the U.S. Middle School students heard five pieces, presented flowers in appreciation, and learned from a Q&A session.