Viktoriya Ryapolova

The Russian ballet pianist Viktoriya Ryapolova trained at the Moscow Conservatory and the ballet academy of the Bolshoi Ballet, where she also worked as a pianist from 1989 to 1999. She then worked for short periods with the Russian National Ballet in Moscow, Ballet Coimbra in Portugal, and Ballett Zürich in Switzerland.

Ryapolova performed at the international ballet competitions in Vail (United States, 1995) and Moscow (Russia, 1997). She has been a ballet pianist with Dutch National Ballet since 2012.