Irina Plotnikova

{{Short description|Russian pianist}}

Irina Plotnikova is a Russian pianist.

Irina Plotnikova won the inaugural Sydney International Piano Competition (1977), and presented the Opening Recital at the 1985 and 2000 competitions.{{cite web | author= | title=Newsletter - September 2003 | url=http://sipca.com.au/newsletters/news06.html | publisher=Sydney International Piano Competition | date= | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719183357/http://www.sipca.com.au/newsletters/news06.html | archive-date=2008-07-19 | url-status=dead }}

She is now a professor at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory.{{cite web | author= | title=Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory - Teachers - Irina Plotnikova | url=http://www.mosconsv.ru/english/teachers/about.phtml?259 | publisher=Tchaikovsky Conservatory | date= | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317160950/http://www.mosconsv.ru/english/teachers/about.phtml?259 | archive-date=2008-03-17 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | author= | title=Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory - Events - Teaching staff of summer course 2007 | url=http://www.mosconsv.ru/english/page.phtml?2139 | publisher=Tchaikovsky Conservatory | date= | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707174321/http://www.mosconsv.ru/english/page.phtml?2139 | archive-date=2007-07-07 | url-status=dead }}