Nor'West News: December 14, 2023

Thursday December 14 2023 5
Young flautists
shine in
international
championships
NOTEWORTHY: Natasha Chernousova with winning students Louise
Chen and Claire Kim.
• By Sasha Watson
Said Louise’s mother, Flora Qu
Jun Jie: “Louise is an enthusiastic
LOUISE SHEN and Claire Kim, student with a passion and
two young flute players who thinks winning the prize is not
dream of becoming professional the most important thing.
musicians, are one step closer to “What is more important is
their goal.
the process of the competition
Louise, a year 9 Burnside High especially the tacit understanding
and interaction between her
School student, was first in the
13 to 14-year-old age category in and the piano accompanist.”
the Lyrical Flute International Both girls are students of Natasha
Chernousova, a musician
Championship, an Australianbased
online competition held with more than 20 years of experience,
who performed in the
last month.
The 13-year-old of Halswell orchestra of the Perm Theatre of
was also third in creative presentation
and highly commended 1999 to 2012.
Opera and Ballet in Russia from
for the U16s ensemble, where she The theatre, often named
performed with Claire.
“Tchaikovsky’s House” after
Year 9 Rangi Ruru Girls’ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is
School student Claire, 13, also located in Chernousova’s home
won the 13 to 16-year-old creative
presentation.
city of Perm, about 1000km from
Moscow.
Throughout her time with the
theatre, she performed numerous
stage works of Tchaikovsky,
including the ballets Swan Lake
and The Nutcracker, the 1812
Overture, the Romeo and Juliet
Overture-Fantasy, and several
symphonies all over Europe,
America and Canada.
Said Chernousova: “It was
among my fondest memories, as
every day we met new people, experienced
different cultures and
learnt about many countries.
“After my time in the theatre, I
met a very nice Kiwi man online,
Eric Reeves, and talked to him
for several months before we met
in Phuket, Thailand. We had a
wonderful holiday.”
A short while later, Chernousava
decided to make the move
to New Zealand and married
her now husband in 2016. A few
months later, she began to teach
flute to her first student, Louise.
“Music is my passion. I aim to
inspire and challenge my students
to become the best possible
versions of themselves inside and
outside of music,” she said.
“My goal is to make every lesson
as productive, educational,
and fulfilling as possible. I aim
to provide the students the
tools and resources to be able to
achieve what they wish for.”
She teaches the flute, recorder,
piccolo and piano to both adults
and children, and offers beginner
and advanced lessons privately.
Chernousova also teaches
part-time at Cashmere High
School and Avonside Girls High,
and plays for the Philharmonic
Orchestra and the Risingholme
Orchestra.
Claire, who lives in Ilam, has
been practising under Chernousova’s
guidance for about four
years and has been playing the
flute for about five and a half
years.
“I love the sound of woodwind
instruments. My passion started
from a recorder group of a few
people to playing an instrument
I love and enjoy,” said Claire.
“It is something that can
help me, challenge me, support
me, ease me . . . I want to make
people love it as well . . . be connected
and feel and understand
what the piece of music is trying
to portray and say.”
To find out more, go to:
nzmusicteachers.co.nz/
natalia-chernousova/
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