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Valentina Svyatlovskaya

Valentina Svyatlovskaya started studying the violin at the age of five and was admitted at the age of ten to the Conservatory in St Petersburg, where she was born. After continuing her studies at the Menuhin Academy in Switzerland, where she studied with Alberto Lysy and the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s principal violinist Liviu Prunaru, she joined the first violin section of the Concertgebouworkest in October 2007. Svyatlovskaya reached the semi-finals of the 2012 Queen Elisabeth Competition.

Valentina Svyatlovskaya plays a violin built by Andrea Guarneri in 1676.

Valentina Svyatlovskaya - image: Mladen Pikulic

Valentina Svyatlovskaya started studying the violin at the age of five and was admitted at the age of ten to the Conservatory in St Petersburg, where she was born. After continuing her studies at the Menuhin Academy in Switzerland, where she studied with Alberto Lysy and the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s principal violinist Liviu Prunaru, she joined the first violin section of the Concertgebouworkest in October 2007. Svyatlovskaya reached the semi-finals of the 2012 Queen Elisabeth Competition.

Valentina Svyatlovskaya plays a violin built by Andrea Guarneri in 1676.

Valentina Svyatlovskaya started studying the violin at the age of five and was admitted at the age of ten to the Conservatory in St Petersburg, where she was born. After continuing her studies at the Menuhin Academy in Switzerland, where she studied with Alberto Lysy and the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s principal violinist Liviu Prunaru, she joined the first violin section of the Concertgebouworkest in October 2007. Svyatlovskaya reached the semi-finals of the 2012 Queen Elisabeth Competition.

Valentina Svyatlovskaya plays a violin built by Andrea Guarneri in 1676.

  • Valentina Svyatlovskaya - image: Mladen Pikulic
    Valentina Svyatlovskaya - image: Mladen Pikulic
  • Valentina Svyatlovskaya and Liviu Prunaru give a concert at flight level 370 - image: Anne Dokter
    Valentina Svyatlovskaya and Liviu Prunaru give a concert at flight level 370 - image: Anne Dokter