Natasha Korsakova, Violin

Biography

Virtuoso Natasha Korsakova, of Russian-Greek decent, is one of most popular violinists of her generation. The German Süddeutsche Zeitung describes her ability to play the violin as a "sinfully beautiful listening experience". The young violinist who speaks five languages is currently a coveted guest for national as well as international orchestras, music festivals and concert events.

The artist stands for "perfected technique, bold stylistic sense and musical intuition" (FAZ) as well as for a charisma that without equal.

Natasha Korsakova was born into a music family in Moscow and began playing the violin at the age of 5. She is descendant of the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Her first teacher was her grandfather Boris Korsakov. He was followed in her musical education by her father, the well-known Russian violin virtuoso Andrej Korsakov. Her mother is the pianist Yolanta Miroshnikova-Caprarica. After the early death of her father, Natasha Korsakova studied under the tutelage of Ulf Klausenitzer in Nuremberg and then later with Saschko Gawriloff in Cologne.

She has appeared in some of the world's most prestigious concert halls such as the Auditorium di Milano, Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Tokyo's Santory Hall, the Cologne Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rom and the Alte Oper in Frankfurt. She has also appeared at international festivals, among others such as Uto Ughi per Roma, the Ludwigsburger Festspielen, Incontri Asolani, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival and the Lockenhaus-Festival. Upon invitation from Mrs. Irina Schostakowitsch, Natasha Korsakova appeared in Paris as part of a festival concert honoring Dmitri Schostakowitsch.

Among the renowned conductors Natasha Korsakova has co-operated with are Mstislav Rostropovich, Alun Francis, Heiko Matthias Förster, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, Ernest Green and David Wiley. She plays with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano G. Verdi, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Dutch Radio Broadcasting, the Mainz Philharmonic, the Düsseldorf Symphony, the Russian State Orchestra, Filarmonica di Verona, the Plano Symphony Orchestra, the Orquestra Sinfonica del Estad de Mexico and the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra.

As an enthusiastic chamber musician, Natasha Korsakova plays together with musicians such as Uto Ughi, Kira Ratner, José Gallardo Giovanni Angeleri, Simone Soldati and Gabriele Raghianti.

In 1996, she was the first musician to receive the "Russian Muse"-award in the Moscows' Big Conservatory Hall. 

In 1998, she became "Artist of the Year" in Chile.

In the year 2004, she performed the Tchaikovsky Concerto in Berlin for the 15th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall.

In July 2008, she was awarded the «Preimo Sirmione Catullo», one of the most prestigious Italian awards given to musicians, politicians and journalists, and became «Artist of the Year» in Italy.

The same year followed a recital in Palazzo Quirinale and at the famous Piazza Campidoglio in Rome, both concerts were in the presence of the Italian State-President.

In 2011, the violinist became a cultural ambassador of Fondazione Sorella Natura, Italy.

Highlights of the current season will be among others an extended tournée in USA and Mexico and the start of the new collaboration and the first CD recording with the outstanding violinist Manrico Padovani.

In November 2010, the violinist followed the invitation to the International Conference in Milan/Italy "21minutes Knowledge of Excellence". Among participants David Gross (Nobel Physics Prize 2004), Woodrow Clark (Nobel Peace Prize 2007), Susan Polgar (Chess Grandmaster), Mario Brunello (Violoncellist).