West Wight Arts Association

 

Classical accordionist Ksenija Sidorova was born in Latvia in 1988; she started playing accordion in her home town of Riga under the guidance of Marija Gasele at Riga 1st music school. Since 2005 she has been studying as an undergraduate at the Royal Academy of Music in London, with Professor Owen Murray. In July 2009 Ksenija has obtained a BMus Diploma receiving Lady Theodore Holland Prize for the 2nd Highest BMus Graduand and Council of Honour Prize for a highly original contribution to the development and evolution of music.

Ksenija is a winner of international competitions in Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Italy.

Ksenija has worked with such composers as Stefano Gervasoni, Nirmali Fenn, Samantha Fernando, Carlos Duque, Elspeth Brooke and Patrick Nunn. In February 2009 Ksenija was a joint winner of “Friends of the Royal Academy of Music Wigmore Award”, which led to Wigmore Hall debut on May 18, 2009.

She has also won Philharmonia Orchestra Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Award and Philharmonia Orchestra Friends Award, has been awarded a Recommended Artist under Making Music's Philip & Dorothy Green Award scheme for 2009 and has been selected to appear in Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series. She is also a recipient of the Worshipful Company of Musicians` Silver Medal, Maisie Lewis Award and was the first accordionist to win the prestigious WCoM Prince`s Prize.

Ksenija has collaborated with the Brooks String quartet, with whom they have been finalists in both the 2008 Royal Academy of Music Club Prize and the Royal Overseas League in March 2009, where they have also received Elias Fawcett Award for an outstanding ensemble.

Engagements in recent seasons include a performance with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, a recital in Colston Hall (Bristol), performance in Spitalfields Festival and DMCE symposium (Dramaturgie Musicale Contemporaine en Europe, Paris, France) performance of Prokofiev`s Cantata for the 20th Anniversay of the October Revolution op74 with Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre and CBSO under Valery Gergiev. In June 2009 Ksenija was invited by Dame Felicity Lott to appear in her Carte Blanche in the programme Un Mardi idéal on Radio France Musique.

Highlights in 2010 include collaboration with the Belcea quartet, a recording with the Sacconi quartet as well as a tour of Switzerland with Milos Karadaglic (classical guitarist).

Future engagements include a debut recital at the Luzerne Festival in August 2011 and North Norfolk Festival in September 2011.

Ksenija is supported by Mr and Mrs David Bowerman and Musicians Benevolent Fund.

Reviews

“Ksenija Sidorova will be remembered as one of the real finds of this series”

(Park Lane Group Young Concert Artist)

The Times

“glamorous”

Daily Telegraph

“an amazingly accomplished artist”

Classical Source