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Alena Baeva
ViolinDescribed as “a magnetic presence” and “a constantly fascinating sound technician” (New York Classical Review), violinist Alena Baeva is considered one of the most exciting, versatile, and captivating soloists active on the world stage today, working with leading conductors including Gustavo Gimeno, Paavo Järvi, Marek Janowski, Vladimir Jurowski, Tomáš Netopil and Riccardo Minasi.
Possessing
a passionate musical curiosity, Baeva holds an already vast and rapidly
expanding active repertoire, including over fifty violin concerti. She is
a champion of lesser-known works alongside the more mainstream violin
literature, with recent performances promoting such composers
as Bacewicz, Karaev, Karłowicz, and Silvestrov.
Baeva’s
career as an international soloist of the highest renown has grown at an
extraordinary pace over recent seasons, performing with orchestras including New
York Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK
Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Die
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln and Göteborgs Symfoniker.
She enjoys a long-standing and rewarding relationship with the Orchestra
of the XVIII Century, performing and recording a variety of repertoire on
period instruments.
Chamber
music holds a particularly special place in her musical life, where she enjoys
collaborations with such esteemed artists as Yuri Bashmet, Daishin
Kashimoto, Misha Maisky, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and the Belcea
Quartet. Her regular sonata partner is the celebrated Ukrainian
pianist Vadym Kholodenko, with whom she has a dedicated musical
partnership of more than a decade.
Baeva
records exclusively for leading label Alpha Classics, and the first
project of her multi-disc deal with the label, Fantasy with Vaydm
Kholodenko, was released in February 2024.
Baeva’s
wider discography is extensive and reflects the impressive breadth of her
repertoire. Recordings include Wieniawski Violin Concerto No.2 (with
Orchestra of the XVIII Century, 2021); the Karłowicz Violin
Concerto (with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 2018); and the Schumann
Violin Concerto and original (1844) version of the Mendelssohn Violin
Concerto (for Melodiya Records, 2020).
Born
in Kyrgyzstan with Slavic-Tatar ancestry, Baeva took
her first violin lessons at the age of five under renowned pedagogue Olga
Danilova in Kazakhstan before studying with Professor Eduard Grach in
Russia, and also took lessons with Mstislav Rostropovich, Boris Garlitsky,
and Shlomo Mintz. Naturalised
Luxembourgisch, Alena Baeva resides in Luxemburg with her husband and three
children.
At
only 16 years of age, Baeva won the Grand Prix at the 12th International
Henryk Wieniawski Competition (2001), as well as the Prize for Best
Performance of a Contemporary Work. Following this, she went on to take
the Grand Prix at the Moscow International Niccolò Paganini
Competition (2004), including a Special Prize allowing her to perform on
the 1723 Wieniawski Stradivari for one year, and was awarded both the Gold
Medal and the Audience Prize at the Sendai International Violin
Competition (2007).
Alena
Baeva plays on the “ex-William Kroll” Guarneri del Gesù of 1738 – on generous
loan from an anonymous patron, with the kind assistance of J&A Beares.