Valentina Lisitsa was a student of Lyudmila Tsvirko at the Kyiv Conservatory. She studied under Tsvirko's guidance alongside her future husband and musical partner, Alexei Kuznetsov.
As a professor at the conservatory, Tsvirko trained numerous successful musicians, including more than 30 winners of international competitions. Lisitsa is identified as one of the prominent students who developed her professional skills under Tsvirko's tutelage.
