EKATERINA FROLOVA (RUSSIA)

Laureate of the 2nd Prize. (The Second Paganini Moscow International Violin Competition, 2004). Foundation Scholarship holder in 2004

Born November 4, 1985, in Saint Petersburg. Took up the violin when shall was 5 and a half years old. Graduated from the Secondary Special Lyceum under the Saint Petersburg N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. Since 1995: student of the Saint Petersburg N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (class of Prof. A. M. Kazarina).

Participated in international competitions and festivals in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and the Netherlands. Participated in presentations of Stradivari violins in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Performed several times with orchestras in Russia, Germany, Finland, and Slovakia. Made extensive tours.

Prizewinner of the following competitions:

• 2004 — Second Moscow Paganini Violin Competition, Moscow (Third Prize);
• 2003 — Ninth L. Spohr International Violin Competition, Freiburg, Germany (First Prize);
• 2002 — Twelfth P. I. Tchaikovsky International Competition, Moscow (“Hope” Jury’s Special Prize);
• 1998 — Second L. Spohr International Competition of Young Violinists, Weimar, Germany (First Prize and the “Golden Bow” Grand Prix).

Holder of scholarships from the “Slava” Music Foundation of Mstislav Rostropovich (1999 – 2002); the International Charitable Foundation of Vladimir Spivakov (1999); and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Russian Federation (2002 - 2004).