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Violinist Svetlana Makarova has been appointed to the violin faculty of the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW) in Austria. MDW was established in 1817; with a student body of over three thousand, it is the largest institution of its kind in Austria.
Makarova was born in Moscow, Russia in 1981 and studied at the Moscow Conservatory. At the age of ten, she won first prize at the Moscow International Youth Tchaikovsky Competition. In 2008 she was invited by conductor Lorin Maazel to join the orchestra of Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía, Spain.
She has appeared as soloist with orchestras including the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, Valencia Orchestra, Moscow State Philharmonic and Odessa State Symphony.
Her chamber music career has involved collaborations with cellists Patrick Demenga, Natalia Gutman and Frans Helmerson, and violinists Gilles Apap, Janine Jansen and Pavel Vernikov.
Makarova has held teaching posts at Moscow’s Gnessin Academy, Scuola di Musica di Fiesole in Florence, and since 2014 has been professor at the Haute École de Musique in Lausanne, Switzerland. In addition to her playing and teaching career she serves as regular jury member on international competitions.
She plays a violin by Niccolò Gagliano dating from 1745.
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