Liubov Kalmykova was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. At the age of 12 she moved to Norway, where she entered the prestigious Barratt-Due Music Institute in Oslo to study with Professor 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.

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Liubov is a prize-winner of several national Norwegian as well as international competitions, such as 1st prize at the European Music Competition "Citta di Moncalieri" in Italy (2014). She performed as soloist with l`Orchestra Classica di Alessandria and several youth 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).

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She attended master classes of among others Miriam Fried, Pavel Vernikov, Pierre Amoyal, Hatto Beyerle, Diotima Quartet.

 

 

As an orchestra musician Ljuba collected her experience in Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Wiener Symphoniker (temporary contract in 2018), Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich (substitute since 2018), as well as leading positions in many youth orchestras.

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