Anastasia Kobekina

Biography

Born into a family of musicians in Ekaterinburg. Since 2012 she has been studying at the Kronberg Academy (Germany) under Prof. Frans Helmerson. In 2007 she won the Nutcracker International TV Competition for Young Musicians. In 2014 she won second prize at the 2nd Russian National Music Competition in Moscow. As a soloist she has performed with chamber orchestras such as the Moscow Virtuosi and the Kremerata Baltica, as well as with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, the Sinfonia Varsovia, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, and the Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra. She has participated in many festivals and played in chamber orchestras conducted by Gidon Kremer, Vladimir Spivakov and Yuri Bashmet. She plays an instrument made by Stephan von Baehr in 2012 provided by the German Foundation for Musical Life.