ALENA BAEVA

Foundation Scholarship holder in 2004

Born in 1985 into a family of musicians. She took up the violin at age 5 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. When 6, she first performed with an orchestra. In 2002, entered the Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory (class of Prof. Eduard Grach).

Prizewinner of the following competitions:

• 2004: Second Moscow International Paganini Violin Competition, Moscow (Grand Prix);
• 2001: Twelfth Henryk Wieniawski International Competition, Poznan (First Prize, Gold Medal, and 9 special prizes, including the Special Prize for top performance of a composition of a modern composer);
• 2000: T. Wronski International Competition For Solo Violin, Warsaw (First Prize, and special prizes for top performance of works by Bach and Bartok; was the youngest competitor);
• 1997: International Competition of Young Violinists in Kloster-Schonthal, Germany (First Prize and the Special Prize for top performance of a virtuoso composition);
• 1995: Diploma winner of the International Violin Competition in Novosibirsk;
• 1994: Second Open Competition of Young Violinists in Novosibirsk (First Prize and the “Hope” Prize).

Active participant in various international festivals: “Stars in the Kremlin” (2001), The Tours Festival (France, 1995-1999), “Virtuosi of the 21st Century (USA, Carnegie Hall, 1999), “Violin in the Louvre” (Paris, 2004), and many others in Russia, Slovenia, Austria, the Crimea, Greece, Switzerland, etc.

Her recitals and performances with symphony orchestras are invariably successful in Russia, the CIS countries, Germany, Italy, Austria, Greece, France, Great Britain, the USA, Israel, China, Brazil, and many other countries. Winner of the “New Names” program; holder of scholarships from the Russian Children’s Foundation, Assistance Foundation, M. Rostropovich Foundation (the Oistrakh scholarship).

Holder of an Antonio Stradivari violin provided for concert activity from the State Collection of Unique Musical Instruments through the Foundation’s assistance.

The Art of the Violin Foundation assists in the recoding of her solo audio album.