Biography
F First Prize at the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Hannover, and prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and at the Singapore International Violin Competition, Alexandra Conunova has been hailed by her virtuosity, warm tone, impressive range of color, and flawless technique. She also received the prestigious Fellowship by the Borletti-Buittoni Trust in London.
Conunova has appeared with many of the leading international orchestras, such as the London Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, BR Rundfunkorchester, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Paris Chamber Orchestra, Oxford Philharmonic, Mariinsky Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, NFOR, Polish Radio National Symphony, Filarmonica di Bologna, Barcelona Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, among others. She frequently performs under the batons of maestros C. Macelaru, Y. Sado, J. Rohrer, A. Manze, L. Foster, L. Langree, A. Poga, J. Weilerstein, L. Equilbey , A. Manacorda, C. Zacharias, D. Hindoyan, J. Nott, P. Bleuse, D. Ward, G. New, O. Lyniv and J. Mallwitz.
“…her playing is this fabulous: the warm-toned, easy fluidity of her virtuosities; her range of articulation, colour and shading; the subtle spontaneity; the natural shaping.”
— Gramophone
Following her acclaimed return to the Tivoli Festival in summer 2022, where she performed and conducted Vivaldi’s and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons, Alexandra was quickly reinvited by the Copenhagen Philharmonic for a spring 2024 appearance, featuring Arthur Lourié’s Concerto da Camera. Most recently, she returned again for a brilliant performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3.
In the 2025/26 season, Conunova will appear with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Oxford Philharmonic, Brussels Philharmonic, Malmö Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony, Romanian Radio National Symphony, Timișoara Philharmonic, St. Gallen Symphony, Armenian State Symphony, Bochum Symphony, and the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. She will tour in Sweden and Finland with the Norrlandsoperan Orchestra as well as with the Slovak Philharmonic in Spain, performing Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto. She will also perform at the Montreaux Setembre Musical, Villa Musica, Marseille Concerts, Schloss-Elmau, Folle Journée, and the Verbier Festival.
Alexandra’s first recording of Prokofiev Violin Sonatas with Michail Liftis, on Aparté, was received with great acclaim: “This recording reveals Conunova as a major artist – in terms of both technical assurance and interpretative daring… I can’t recommend their freshly considered, vividly recorded interpretations highly enough” (Gramophone); “…this is already a candidate for one of the best discs of the year” (The Strad).
In Fall 2020, she recorded and released Vivaldi’s Four Seasons also on Aparté, obtaining rave reviews: “her last recording as a whole is an exquisitely light and graceful reading from everyone, crowned by ravishingly sweet-toned and dancing filigree lines from Conunova herself”, “her playing is this fabulous: the warm-toned, easy fluidity of her virtuosities; her range of articulation, colour, and shading; the subtle spontaneity; the natural shaping.” (Gramophone)
Alexandra currently plays on Giovanni Batistta Guadagnini, ca. 1785 ex “Ida Levin”, on a kind loan from a music lover.