First Prize at the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Hannover, and prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and at the Singapore International Violin Competition, Alexandra Conunova has been hailed by her virtuosity, warm tone, impressive range of color, and flawless technique. She also received the prestigious Fellowship by the Borletti-Buittoni Trust in London.
Conunova has appeared with many of the leading international orchestras, such as the Orchestre de Paris, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Paris Chamber Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, NFOR, Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino among others. She frequently performs under the batons of maestros A. Manze, L. Foster, J-P. Saraste, T. Currentzis, G. Noseda, L. Langree, A. Poga, J. Weilerstein, M. Pletnev, L. Equilbey, A. Manacorda, C. Zacharias, D. Hindoyan, J. Nott, P. Bleuse, D. Ward, O. Lyniv and J. Mallwitz.
The season 24/25 brings Conunova’s appereance at the Verbier Festival, the debuts with the Filarmonica de Bologna, Essen Philharmonic, BR Runfunkorchester, G. Enescu Philharmonic, PhilZuid, Slovak Philharmonic, Macao Symphony, Timsoara Philharmonic, Orquesta de Granada, as well as the returns to the Barcelona Symphony, Nuremberg Symphony, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Orquesta de les Illes Balears and Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla. Conunova will debut with the Zagreb Soloists playing/conducting a program that features works by Elgar, Mendelssohn, and Piazzola; will tour with Christian Zacharias, appearing in Paris, Prades, Bourgogne, Court, Gstaad, Bern, Sion and Padova; and will also perform Beethoven Triple Concerto with Pablo Ferrández and Dmitry Shishkin at the Dvorak Prague Festival under Ingo Meztmacher.
In the last years, Alexandra has had the pleasure of working under the guidance and mentoring of one of the world’s leading professors, Edouard Wulfson, in Geneva.
Alexandra currently plays on Giovanni Batistta Guadagnini, ca. 1785, ex “Ida Levin”, on a kind loan from a music lover.
