Alexandra Soumm (

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: Александра Сумм; born 17 May 1989 in

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) is a French violinist from

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Early life

Soumm was born in 1989 and comes from a family of musicians. Her Ukrainian father and grandfather were violinists, and her a Russian mother pianist. She grew up in Montepellier, France, and lives in

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.Famed violinist set to perform in Columbus
nbc4i, 2018-12-07 She started learning the violin at the age of five, and two years later, at the age of seven, gave her first performance. From 2000–2008 she was at the

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doing a preparation course. She studied at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna with

Boris Kuschnir Boris Kuschnir (born 1948) is a Soviet Austrian violinist Background and early life Born in Kiev in 1948, he studied violin with at the Moscow Conservatoire and chamber music with Valentin Berlinsky of the Borodin Quartet. Career His many encou ...

Career

In 2002 she won the Fidelio competition for violins of Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna. She won the Eurovision Young Musicians 2004 representing Austria in

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. She was a member of the

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during its 2010–2012 season. She had solo performances with the

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, BBC London, NKK Tokio, Danish National Orchester, Münchner Symphoniker, Baltimore Symphony, Orchestre de Paris. She performed with many conductors including

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, and

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.Alexandra Soumm, Violine
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Student Page on Biris Koschnirs page.Montpellier : Alexandra Soumm, violoniste soliste solidaire
Midi Libre, 2014-02-25.Philharmonia deliver "a wonderful evening of music" at the Cambridge Corn Exchange
Soumm about live, career, music business, Cambridge News, 2017-03-05.Alexandra Soumm
, Ex-Kavakos, accessed 2019-05-03
Los Angeles Times, 2015-08-21 Soumm participates in events with young musicians, like the Ilumina Festival in Brazil. In 2012 she created the Esperanz'Arts organisation with Maria Mosconi, altiste, and pianist Paloma Kouider. In 2019 it had a hundred members, and partners with hospitals, prisons, schools.Alexandra Soumm Projects
e.g. IluminatiDes concerts pour créer du lien social
France Musique, 2019-02-23

Records

* Released in 2008 - An album comprising the Bruch and the first Paganini concerto. Claves Records. * Released in 2010 - Recording of violin sonatas by

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. Claves Records.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soumm, Alexandra Living people 1989 births 21st-century French women musicians Russian violinists Russian women violinists Women classical violinists French people of Russian descent French people of Ukrainian descent Musicians from Moscow 21st-century classical violinists Eurovision Young Musicians winners University of Graz alumni University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni French women violinists 21st-century French violinists