Julia Krasko ( Russian: ''Юлия Красько''; born 6 April 1971, in
Moscow
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,
Russia
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) is a violinist and a
professor
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.
Biography
Julia Krasko was born into a family of musicians. Her father, Grigory Krasko, was a concertmaster of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Her mother, Olga Kondratieva, is a pianist and a
professor
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in
Gnessin State Musical College
The Gnessin State Musical College (russian: link=no, Государственный музыкальный колледж имени Гнесиных) and Gnesins Russian Academy of Music (russian: Российская академия музык ...
.
She graduated from Gnessin Music School, where she studied under Irina Svetlova, and from Moscow Conservatory, where her teacher was Maya Glezarova.
In 1992, she was awarded 1st prize at the
Paganini competition
The Paganini Competition (aka Premio Paganini or Paganini Concore) is an international violin competition named after the famed virtuoso and founder of contemporary violin technique Niccolò Paganini. Created in 1954 it has been carried out ever s ...
. She currently teaches at the Moscow Conservatory.
Discography
*Prokofiev, Bartok, Stravinsky (Russian Disc, 1996)
*Love’s Joy And Sorrow. Julia Krasko Plays Fritz Kreisler (
Delos Productions
Delos Productions is an American record label. Long in Los Angeles but now headquartered in Sonoma, California, it specializes in classical music. The Delos label was founded in 1973 by Amelia S. Haygood (1919–2007), whose stewardship of the com ...
, 1999)
*Glazunov: Symphony No 1, Violin Concerto (