Born a performer, Berenika started piano at age 3, by 5 she already won her first piano competition and at 9 she performed as soloist with the Sault Symphony Orchestra. Coming from a northern Canadian town, she moved to New York to attend the Juilliard School and Professional Children's School at age 13.

Berenika has had the opportunity to perform all over the world. She has had the honor of being presented to HM Queen Elizabeth II, performing in a gala concert at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, being introduced in the House of Commons, performing at the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa and performing for the 40th anniversary of the Fulbright Commission. She also performed Philip Glass for Philip Glass honouring him at the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Awards, The Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Washington, DC.

Educational Background

• Royal Academy of Music, London, UK: Post Graduate Diploma in Piano Performance (with merit)
• Christ Church College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, Master in Philosophy Musicology and Performance
• Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: BA in Music & Goverment, magna cum laude with highest honors
• Professional Children's School: New York, NY
• The Julliard School: New York, NY, 4 year pre-college divistion, highest honors

Teaching Experience

• Private piano instructor in NY, VA, MD and the UK
• various Juries & master classes

Awards & Honors

• 2004 Leonard Bernstein Fellowship, Tanglewood Music Center, MA
• 2004 Honored by the Signet Society of Arts and Letters, Harvard University, as "musician".
• 2004 Chosen as one of Harvard's 15 most interesting seniors by the Harvard Crimson
• 2004 Chosen to be profiled as a graduating senior for the Commencement issues of the Harvard Gazette and Harvard Crimson
• 2002 Canada Council for the Arts Grant
• 2001 Arthur Foote Prize, Harvard Musical Association, Boston, MA
• 2002 Recipient of the Chalmers Performing Arts Grant, Ontario Arts Council
• 2001 Chosen to perform at a concert celebrating the inauguration of President Lawrence Summers at Harvard University
• 2000 Recipient of certificate for excellence in education from Member of the United States Congress
• 1999 Winner, YTV Achievement Award, Best Young Instrumentalist, Canada
• 1998 Winner Nakamichi International Piano Competition, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, CO
• 1998-2000 New Horizons Fellowship (3-year) Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, CO
• 1997 Was the only young performer at the gala concert for the 54 Commonwealth Heads of Government in Edinburgh, Scotland

Professional Experience

• Casio Computer Co., Ltd. International Spokesperson (2003)

Recordings & DVDs

• Dorian Records (2009)
• Promoitional DVD: "Berenika" (2006)
• Critically acclaimed recording of Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 with Sinfonietta Cracovia under John Axelrod (2000)

Appearances as Piano Soloist

• Pittsburgh Symphony Asheville Symphony under Daniel Meyer
• Toronto Symphony Orchestra under Jukka Pekka Saraste
• National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada under Erich Kunzel
• Penderecki Festival Orchestra under Heinrich Schiff
• Boston Civic Symphony under Max Hobart in Jordan Hall
• Oxford Philomusica under Marios Papadopoulos
• Youth Orchestra of the Americas in tour of Brazil, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Costa Rica, and Argentina, including the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires

Appearances on TV and Radio

• Bravo!
• CBC
• MDR Germany
• BBC
• WQXR New York: McGraw Hill Young Artist Showcase, hosted by Robert Sherman
• Classic FM London: “Hot Property” on Late Night Lisa
• NPR