Alla Blatov graduated as a concert pianist, chamber musician and piano teacher from the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg. From 1985 to 2000, she taught piano at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen and gave numerous masterclasses in Western Europe, Russia and China. Her pedagogy is characterised by the simultaneous teaching of technical perfection and interpretative individuality. This makes her an outstanding representative of the legendary St Petersburg piano school.