Mona Hartmann (née Rozdestvenskyte) was born in Moscow in 1994. After studying church music (Bachelor and Master) at the University of Music in Detmold, she completed a Master's in Organ Soloist Performance with Prof. Dr. Martin Sander at the same institution. She completed her training by studying in the master class of Prof. Dr. Martin Schmeding at the University of Music and Theatre ‘Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’ in Leipzig. During her studies, she was a scholarship holder of the Cusanuswerk Episcopal Scholarship Foundation. She received further musical inspiration from masterclasses with renowned artists.
Even during her studies, Mona Rozdestvenskyte won prizes at numerous international competitions. These include the St. Albans Organ Competition (UK), the Boston Bach Competition (USA), the Saint-Maurice International Organ Competition (Switzerland), the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (Northern Ireland), the Organ Competition for the Bach Prize Wiesbaden, the Rheinberger Organ Competition in V aduz (Lichtenstein), the international organ competitions in Wuppertal and Korschenbroich, the Ciurlionis competition in Vilnius, the Petr Eben competition in Opava (Czech Republic) and the Fugato competition in Bad Homburg.
Mona Hartmann is an internationally active concert organist. Her concert tours have taken her to the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Westminster Abbey and Southwark Cathedral in London, the Frauenkirche in Dresden, numerous cathedrals (in Bremen, Osnabrück, Paderborn and Hildesheim), Riga Cathedral, St. Thomas Church 5th Avenue New York City (USA) and to numerous other places in Germany, Switzerland, Poland, the Baltic States and Spain. In October 2022, she made her debut at the Gewandhaus Leipzig with Thierry Escaich's concerto for organ and orchestra.
Her concert at Sendehaus Wien was broadcast live on Austrian radio. She was also heard on Deutschlandfunk Kultur in 2021.
From 2017 to 2021, Mona Hartmann worked as a church musician in the Bad Driburg pastoral association and from 2021 to 2023 as regional cantor at the St. Johann's Church in Bremen. Since June 2023, she has been working as the church music representative for the Diocese of Linz.
She holds a teaching position in organ performance at the University of Church Music in Herford.
