Liuba Kalmykova

 

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The Russian-Norwegian violinist Liuba Kalmykova started her musical education in her home city St.-Petersburg. At the age of 12, she moved to Norway where she entered the prestigious Barratt-Due Music Institute in Oslo to study with Prof. Isaac Schuldman. From the year 2011 she continued her solo violin studies with Prof. Pavel Vernikov at the Music and Arts University of Vienna and later on a chamber music degree with Prof. Johannes Meissl at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and graduated with honors. Liuba is currently studying at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia for the special string quartet course with Prof. G.Pichler.  

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Liuba is a prize-winner of several national Norwegian as well as international competitions. She performed as a soloist with orchestras in Norway, Austria and Russia and took part in festivals like Sion Festival (Switzerland), Festspillene in Bergen (Norway), Kronberg Festival, Wien Modern (Austria), Festspillene Helgeland. 

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As a soloist and a chamber musician she played at prestigious venues such as Wiener Konzerthaus, Wiener Musikverein, ORF Radio Kulturhaus (Austria), Small Hall of Saint-Petersburg Conservatory (Russia). She attended master classes of among others Miriam Fried, Pavel Vernikov, Pierre Amoyal, Hatto Beyerle, Alfred Brendel, Diotima Quartet. 

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Liuba plays a Storioni violin kindly on loan from the Goh Family Foundation.