T-art-S
T-art-S duo is an Amsterdam based historical performance practice ensemble. The duo was founded in 2022 by Russian-French flutist Anastasia Vledouts and Ukrainian keyboardist Liubov Titarenko, when they joined their artistic talents at Winteravonden aan de Amstel festival, Amsterdam. The sparkle between the two musici instantly brought them to continue the collaboration and to perform regularly, since their debut, across the Netherlands.
Liubov Titarenko was born in Dnipro, Ukraine, where she started playing the piano; she then furthered her musical education at the Kyiv National Music Academy of Ukraine, studying modern piano as well as harpsichord. Liubov is eager for knowledge and passionate about early keyboard instruments; her musical personality was influenced by her mentor, Svitlana Shabaltina, pioneer of early music movement in Ukraine. Liubov completed her studies in Ukraine with a thesis about Elizabethan virginal music. After coming to the Netherlands in April 2022 she continued her education on historical fortepiano at Conservatorium van Amsterdam with prominent early keyboard specialist Olga Paschenko.
Liubov's personal website
Anastasia Vledouts (Russia-France) was born in Moscow, where she lived and studied untill teen age. She then moved to France to study modern flute, at first. In 2014, while her bachelor studies, she discovered historical performance in the class of Francois Lazarevich; since then, she deepened her knowledge studying at the best european music schools - Conservatoire National de Paris conservatorium and Conservatorium van Amsterdam - with leading early music specialists, such as Jan de Winne and Marten Root.
Ensemble name "T-art-S" comes from the combination of the last names of two musicians - and reflects the art they are creating together. Their collaboration is a celebration of historical authenticity and transcends time. Both musicians have deep knowledge and technical mastery of the instruments of baroque, classical and romantic eras, up till the “new system” instruments of our times. Their unique storytelling and communication to the public bring their audiences right in the middle of the stories of the past.