Biography

Education:

• Began private violin lessons at age 8.

• At age 15 was accepted into the elite program at the Odessa School of Music in the former USSR.

• Continued on to one of the premier music Universities in the world: Kiev State Conservatory, where I received a Masters degree in Teaching and Performing arts.
  
• Throughout my higher education I have held Violin Instructor positions first at the Kiev Music School and then at the Conservatory.

Professional Career:    

• Member of the Kiev State Symphony Orchestra
• Soloist/First Violin in the Kiev Chamber Orchestra
• Member of various Bay Area orchestras including the San Jose, Berkeley and Santa Rosa Symphonies 
• Performed with: San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera House, San Francisco Ballet Company.
• Regularly perform with the top Russian companies, such as Kirov and Bolshoi, on their visits to the Bay Area