Violinist Krassimira Jeliazkova received her MA in Music Performance in the National Music Academy in her native Sofia, Bulgaria.

She then continued honing her skills with renowned violin professors such as Franco Gulli, Igor Bezrodni and K. Aroutounian in Brussels, Belgium and Moscow, Russia.

She became a highly versatile musician, being involved in a wide range of activities, from orchestra membership, to leadership of a number of chamber orchestras, co-leadership of the world renowned Moscow Academic State Orchestra and extensive solo performances.

Her professional career took her to a number of countries, such as Russia, France, Belgium, Turkey, Poland, Japan, Egypt, Spain, among others.

She moved to the UK in September 2015 and has since been involved in a number of solo, chamber music and orchestra performances in London’s St. Martin in the Fields, Brighton’s Open Borders Festival, Bishop Stortford, Cambridge, Bury St. Edmunds, Brentwood, Colchester, among others.

She lives and teaches in Essex, having performed the solo part in a few major violin concertos, such as Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Mendelssohn.

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Svetlana Kalinichencho  – violin

Svetlana was born in the USSR, in the furthest north-eastern point of the country, that was nearer to Alaska than to the next children’s music school. This, however, was no deterrent for the parents of the future violinist and before she had any idea, six year old Sveta was entrusted to the skillful professional hands of the local violin teacher. 11 years later the systematic every day work that was invested paved the way for the young musician to enter Kyiv Conservatoire and four years later the accomplished violinist joined the performing community, filled with excitement and enthusiasm to inspire humanity for creativity and enjoyment of beauty. Parallel to the regular performances, pedagogical activity was also pursued.

Thanks to her boundless love for the violin, as a regular member of a number of various types of ensembles and orchestras, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine, Kyiv Theatre for Opera and Ballet among others, Svetlana was involved in projects of very broad range of genres – from folk music, through to opera and ballet, and high-brow symphony music, which has taken her to the stages of more than 30 countries. This kind of life could have been called “happy” but on 24^th February 2022 all citizens of Ukraine were awoken by explosions and rockets zooming and crashing over their heads. Fear for the closest family and friends pushed all thought of practising music out of any consideration. A long and very complicated move to the UK gave Svetlana the possibility to come back to art. A great many people in England have helped her restore her mental balance; the simple human empathy and warmth that she received gave her the confidence and the belief in the need to play the violin again.