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Alexandra Soumm was born in Moscow in 1989 in a family of musicians.
She started to learn the violin with her father at the age of five and gave
her first concert two years later. Then she played in Germany, Austria
and France.
In 2000, she entered the Vienna Conservatory and the Graz University of
Music in the class of the eminent pedagogue Boris Kuschnir -- also Julian
Rachlin's and Nikolaj Znaider's teacher.
She won the Grand Prize of the Vienna Conservatory Competition in
2002, which enabled her to be invited as a soloist at the Vienna
Konzerhaus. Alexandra was then selected by the Beracasa Foundation to
perform at the Radio France Festival in Montpellier, her hometown. She
also played with orchestras both in Luxemburg and in Bratislava.
In 2003, she gave a concert at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, then at
the Festival of Colmar. The same year she played with the Russian
National Orchestra in Berlin.
In 2004, Alexandra won the 1rst Prize of the Eurovision Competition of
young Musicians in Lucerne and played concerts in Austria and Germany.
For the 2005/06 season Alexandra Soumm was awarded with the
Herbert von Karajan Scholarship of the Karajan Centrum in Vienna. She
was also awarded with the Scholarship of the Swiss BSI Bank.
Alexandra has played with many Orchestras such as the Russian National
Orchestra, l'Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, the Grazer Philhamonie, the St
Petersbourg Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de Montpellier, the
Israel Philharmonic, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Mulhouse,
l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, and the Solistes Européens.
Past engagements include a debut recital at Les violons de la Paix in
Boulogne-sur-Mer and a performance of Mozart Concerto No. 4 with
Ensemble Orchestra de Paris conducted by Lionel Bringuier, the new
assistant conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Alexandra has also made her debut at the Martha Argerich Festival in
Lugano last year and has also returned from concerto concerts with the
Israel Philharmonic performing Paganini Concert No. 1 conducted by
Maestro Joel Levi. Alexandra has also performed at the Montepulciano,
Verbier and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festivals, during Summer 2006.
She has been invited again to Verbier Festival for 4 concerts this summer
2007 for chamber music where she performed with musicians such as
Joshua Bell, Lawrence Power, Sol Gabetta, Danjulo Ishizaka, Nobuko
Imai, Fazil Say, Frans Elmerson, Sarah Chang, Michael Collins... She will
play this year with the Verbier UBS Chamber Orchestra in Tel Aviv.
She will perform this summer in Menton Festival, Chaise-Dieu Festival,
and in the Orchestre National de Lyon.
Alexandra Soumm plays on a 1735 Francesco Stradivarius, kindly given
to her from the firma Machold Rare Violins.
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