Natasha Vlassenko was born in Moscow and graduated from Moscow Central Music School and Moscow Conservatory under Professor Jakob Flier and pursued postgraduate studies with her father, Professor Lev Vlassenko. As a student she was awarded the prestigious Tchaikovsky Scholarship.

Natasha has won major prizes in several international competitions including the Beethoven International Piano Competition in Vienna and the Busoni International Piano Competition in Balzano, Italy. She has given recitals in many countries and has played under the baton of Rozhdestvensky, Osterriher, Pletnev, Martin, Verbitsky, Chivjel, Hickox and others.
Before coming to Australia in 1992, Natasha Vlassenko taught in the Central Music School of Moscow Conservatory. Natasha is currently Head of Keyboard Studies at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.