S O N Y A B E L O U S O V A is one of today's youngest most accomplished Composers and Pianists.
Originally from St-Petersburg, Russia, Sonya is the winner of multiple international competitions as both a Composer and Pianist, as well as the recipient of the Russian Ministry of Culture Award, the most prestigious Russian Award granted on the basis of an exceptional talent and maturity.
Sonya has gained a sensational public recognition after her bravura original arrangements and performances in the Cosplay Piano Series, released on YouTube by the legendary Stan Lee of Marvel Comics. To date there have been four episodes released that have totaled 1,400,000 views.As a pianist Sonya can also be heard on various soundtracks and records, including "Dexter Season 7". Currently Sonya is working on a solo piano album produced by Jorge Calandrelli - 2 times Oscar nominated, 27 time Grammy nominated, 6 Grammy winning Composer / Producer.
As a composer Sonya’s latest work is 'Orchis', a ballet commissioned by Festival Ballet Providence, Rhode Island’s premiere professional ballet company, created in collaboration with the renowned Award winning choreographer Viktor Plotnikov. “Orchis” had a huge success as well as being announced “the highlight of the spring season.” It came back to stage again the following season with even bigger success. In recognition of Sonya’s many achievements as a composer and pianist in both her native Russia and throughout the international music world, Sonya has received an honorary citation from the Mayor of Providence joined by the citizens of Providence.
Films with Sonya’s music have been premiered at the most prestigious film festivals all around the world, including Cannes International Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival.
T O M G R E Y is an accomplished Producer and Director who had previously worked on a number of reality and scripted network shows before leaping into digital content in 2012 as the Head Producer for legendary comic book writer Stan Lee's YouTube Channel. While working with Stan, Tom created some of the channel's most popular content from the Superhero, Supervillain and Star Wars Speed Dating series, to Stan Lee Parkour, Retro Ads and, of course, the Cosplay Piano Series, where he first met Sonya.
His work has been featured in countless blogs and news outlets such as Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post, Gawker, USA Today, and Ain‘t It Cool News. He has received numerous awards such as Best Director from the International Academy of Web Television, Geekie Awards for Best Short Film and Best Web Series, and awards from the Boston International Film Festival, among others.
Tom Grey is also an emerging writer who has sold multiple screenplays including ‘Elysian Park’ which is being produced by Mad Chance, makers of such films as 10 Things I Hate About You, Get Smart, and I Love You Phillip Morris.
Tom is currently working with his book agent on a three book fantasy adventure series and is excited to continue his partnership with Sonya on their own, independent, Player Piano Channel.
