Born in the Ukraine into a musical family, it was at an early age that Marina Baranova learned to improvise on the piano. At the age of five she entered a school for specially gifted children and some years later had her first concert appearances. At the turn of the century she moved to Germany where she had the honor of being one of the last students of Wladimir Krajnew at the School for Music and Drama in Hanover. Marina received several international awards.