Described as “a magnetic presence” (New York Classical Review), violinist AlenaBaeva is considered one of the most versatile and captivating soloists active on theworld stage today. Possessing a passionate musical curiosity, Baeva holds a vastactive repertoire: she is a champion of lesser-known works alongside the moremainstream violin literature, including such composers as Bacewicz, Karaev,Karłowicz and Silvestrov.As an international soloist, Baeva has performed with orchestras including New YorkPhilharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony and TokyoMetropolitan Symphony orchestras, Hong Kong and Seoul philharmonic orchestras,Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, to name a few. Highlightsof this season include The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, PhilharmoniaOrchestra, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Orquestra Simfònica deBarcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Ensemble Resonanz, Il Giardino Armonico,Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Shehas worked with leading conductors including Paavo Järvi, Vladimir Jurowski,Cornelius Meister, Riccardo Minasi, Tomáš Netopil, Kazushi Ono, Petr Popelka,Dinis Sousa and Kazuki Yamada.Chamber music holds a particularly special place in Baeva’s musical life, and sheenjoys collaborations with such artists as Yuri Bashmet, Daishin Kashimoto, MishaMaisky, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and the Belcea Quartet. Her regular duo partner isUkrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko, and this season will perform at Wigmore Hall,Athens’s Megaron and Amici della Musica in Florence.Baeva records for the Alpha Classics label: her upcoming album is Vol.1 of theintegral cycle of Beethoven violin sonatas, recorded with Vadym Kholodenko. Herprevious release Fantasy (Alpha, 2024) was praised by Gramophone as “anintriguing sequence where each work benefits from illumination by its programmeneighbours” and features works by Schubert, Stravinsky, Schumann and Messiaen,recorded with Vadym Kholodenko. Baeva’s discography also includes WieniawskiViolin Concerto No.2 on gut strings with Orchestra of the XVIII Century (2021);Karłowicz Violin Concerto with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2018); SchumannViolin Concerto and original 1844 version of Mendelssohn Violin Concerto forMelodiya Records (2020).Born in Kyrgyzstan with Slavic-Tatar ancestry, Baeva took her first violin lessons atthe age of five under renowned pedagogue Olga Danilova in Kazakhstan beforestudying with Professor Eduard Grach in Russia. She also took lessons with MstislavRostropovich, Boris Garlitsky, and Shlomo Mintz, and took part in the Seiji OzawaInternational Academy Switzerland, focused on string quartet repertoire. NaturalisedLuxembourgish, Alena Baeva has resided in Luxembourg since 2010.Alena Baeva plays on the “ex-William Kroll” Guarneri del Gesù of 1738 – ona generous loan from an anonymous patron, with the kind assistance of J&A Beares.