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Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Violin, Estonia
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Anna-Liisa Bezrodny

Born in 1981 into a family of professional musicians in Moscow, Anna-Liisa began her violin studies with her parents at the age of three, and attended the Central Music School of Estonia. At the age of nine she entered the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Professor Igor Bezrodny and Professor Mari Tampere-Bezrodny, later continuing her studies at GSMD. Currently she holds the prestigious Leverhulme Chamber Fellowship at the GSMD, where she studies with Professor Oleg Kogan and Krzysztof Smietana.
Anna-Liisa has succeeded in many international competitions, such as in the Jan Kocian International Violin Competition in the Czech Republic (1995, 1st prize), the Sibelius Academy’s Violin Competition (1997, 1st Prize), The Rotary Club Prize (1999), finalist of the Eurovision Broadcasting Union, recipient of the Ian Flemming Charitable Award of the Musicians Benevolent Fund (London, 2003), Martin Musical Scholarship Award (London, 2003), Hattori Foundation and Myra Hess trust prizes (London, 2004), Jasch Heifetz International Violin Competition (2005, 3rd prize), Johannes Brahms International Competition (2005, 2nd prize). She has been acknowledged and supported by all the main cultural foundations of Finland, Estonia and Russia. Last year she performed the world premier of O.Colomina Bosch’s Cantus for solo violin and ensemble at the Wigmore Hall as part of the Guildhall Gold Series, and was awarded the PROMIS Award from the LSO, and the Philharmonia Orchestra Prize. In May 2006 Anna-Liisa won the prestigious Gold Medal of the Guildhall School, playing the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 at the Barbican Hall with maestra Sian Edwards.

Anna-Liisa took part in festivals such as Das Russische Musik Fest, Dortmund (Germany), Internazionales Musikfest in Dietzenbach/Frankfurt (Germany), Malta International Music Festival, Tallinn Chamber Music festival and others. In 2004 she was invited to play recitals in Chicago, Milwaukee and Hancock in USA’s Finland University Sibelius Festival programme.

Anna-Liisa’s playing has been heard on several occasions on Finnish and Estonian National TV and National Radio, as well as on NBC. She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras such as the Moscow Symphony Orchestra TV6 in the Moscow Conservatory’s Great Hall, Estonian National Orchestra, Estonian Chamber Orchestra, Juvaskyla Chamber Orchestra (Finland), Turku Philharmonic, Vaasa Philharmonic (Finland), Liepaja Symphony Orchestra (Latvia), Georgian Chamber Orchestra, Vilnius Philharmonic (Lithuania), Jena Philharmonic in Weimar, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Camerata de Arroyomolinos (Spain) and others, and she has worked as a soloist with conductors such as Eri Klas, Tibor Boganyi, Juha Kangas, Paul Magi, Arvo Volomer, Nikolay Alekseyev etc. Anna-Liisa is a very active chamber musician and she is a member of the Taldon piano Trio. Future plans in 2006 include recording a CD with pianist Ivari Ilja.
 
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