Born into a family of musicians in Novosibirsk, and settling in New Zealand in 1996, Natalia has established herself internationally as a versatile performing artist.
Since her debut with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of seven, Natalia performed as a soloist with many orchestras, such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Lord Menuhin, Philharmonia, Singapore Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia, Christchurch Symphony, Tokyo Royal Philharmonic, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony, Adelaide Symphony, St.Petersburg Radio Symphony, Nice Philharmonic, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra among many others.
Natalia has collaborated with such distinguished conductors as Lionel Bringuier, Matthias Bamert, Arvo Volmer, Olari Elts, Vladimir Verbitsky, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Eckehard Stier, Mikhail Gerts, Valery Poliansky, Pavel Kogan, Yuri Simonov, Vladimir Ashkenazy and many others.
Following her wins at "Premio Paganini" and Michael Hill International Violin Competitions, Natalia recorded for Dynamic, Fone, Trust Records, Atoll, Naxos and Orchid Classics to a high critical acclaim.
Natalia has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician in such prestigious venues as the Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Kings Place, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Buckingham Palace, the Barbican and the Royal Festival Hall. She has performed and recorded chamber music with such distinguished musicians as Maxim Vengerov, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, the late Boris Pergamenschikov, Tabea Zimmerman, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Schlomo Mintz, Daishin Kashimoto, Natalie Clein, Nicholas Daniel, Vadim Repin, Claudio Bohorquez, Ivan Martin, Yuri Zhislin and many others.
Natalia is a Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music in London since 2010, Eton College since 2017 and currently resides in London.
Next season will see Natalia as a soloist and recitalist in New Zealand, Germany, Japan, Spain and UK, as a Guest Concertmaster in Royal Opera House and London Symphony Orchestra and as a jury member of Michael Hill International violin competition and Henri Marteau International violin competitions.
In the first place it was the biggest challenge to come to the Competition. I found it risky and extremely exciting to participate. I was very glad that the audience was very welcoming and supportive. It really helped me to perform as I usually do in concerts.
Winning it was wonderful! I suddenly realised what an honour it was. Playing on Il Cannone twice now, was really fascinating.
This competition has helped me with my career and I'm truly thankful!
But for me however it's just a starting point to a hopefully interesting and long life ahead!