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Olga Kholodnaya (Russian: Ольга Холодная) is a
Russian
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violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...
ist, composer, arranger and producer, born in
Cheboksary
Cheboksary (; russian: Чебокса́ры, r=Cheboksáry, p=tɕɪbɐˈksarɨ; cv, Шупашкар, ''Şupaşkar'') is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia and a port on the Volga River.
Geography
The city is located in the Volga Upland reg ...
, in the
Soviet Union
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and based in
Berlin
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,
Germany
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.
Biography
Born in
Cheboksary
Cheboksary (; russian: Чебокса́ры, r=Cheboksáry, p=tɕɪbɐˈksarɨ; cv, Шупашкар, ''Şupaşkar'') is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia and a port on the Volga River.
Geography
The city is located in the Volga Upland reg ...
, the capital of
Chuvashia ex-
Soviet Union
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, Olga Kholodnaya began studying the
violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...
at the age of five.
Between 2000 and 2007, Kholodnaya studied
classical music at the
Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium München and
Hochschule für Musik München. She studied with
Zakhar Bron
Zakhar Bron (russian: Заха́р Ну́химович Брон ; born 17 December 1947, in Oral, Kazakhstan) is a Russian violinist and violin pedagogue of Jewish, Polish and Romanian descent.
His students have included Vadim Repin, Gwendoly ...
, Markus Wolf and
Didier Lockwood
Didier Lockwood (11 February 1956 – 18 February 2018) was a French violinist. He played in the French rock band Magma in the 1970s, and was known for his use of electric amplification and his experimentation with different sounds on the electri ...
. Olga Kholodnaya played with the
Bayerische Philharmonie and
Junge Münchner Philharmonie. She recorded Funk, Electro, House, and Hiphop since the age of 15. She started
playing in the street Olga Show
worldwide.
In 2006 Olga Kholodnaya performed for the World Cup Opening in
Munich
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Allianz Arena
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.
Between 2007 and 2010, Olga Kholodnaya survived a heavy injury. She learned to walk again. She never gave up playing the
violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...
she went on playing the
violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...
for her listeners as soon as she could. Music gave her the strength. In 2010, Kholodnaya recovered from the injury consequences to continue her path.
Since 2012, Olga Kholodnaya plays with
Marino Colina
Marino Colina (born 11 November 1981) is an Argentine drummer, composer, conductor and producer born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Biography
Marino Colina, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of Venezuelan-Italian parentage. His mother Maria Fran ...
, the drummer of Olga Show
are pioneers of the music style "violin and drums".
After many years of solo performance. in 2011 Olga Kholodnaya started using the loop station Boss RC 30 for her performance and started experimenting with effects Boss and beats. this is how she composed Night in Istanbul and arranged famous classical tunes like Canon in D from J. Pachelbel, Libertango from A.
Piazzolla. She covered
Eminem`s
8 Mile,
Christina Aguilera
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Genie in a Bottle
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,
Nirvana
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-
Smells like teen Spirit
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. She recorded a self made CD and sold over 3000 copies traveling to
Turkey
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,
Georgia
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,
Azerbaijan
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,
Munich
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and
Berlin
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.
In Berlin, Kholodnaya was playing in the Metro Stations
Friedrichstraße
The Friedrichstraße () (lit. ''Frederick Street'') is a major culture and shopping street in central Berlin, forming the core of the Friedrichstadt neighborhood and giving the name to Berlin Friedrichstraße station. It runs from the northern pa ...
and
Kottbusser Tor
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It is located in central Kreuzberg. The area has a bad reputation for the relatively ...
. She was celebrated by the audience , but banned by the Metro authorities, because of the prohibition of use of amplifiers in the Berliner Metro. This is how she started to play outside of the metro - in the streets of Berlin. Her favourite spots became
Friedrichstraße
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next to Dussmann ,
Kurfürstendamm
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, next to Karstadt and
Alexanderplatz under the Bridge.
As she did not like to play with electronic beats from her loop station , Olga was looking for a drummer to play her music with. This is how she met Marino Colina the current drummer of Olga Show and Raul Marcos the former Bassist.
The Band consisted of 3 people and had a huge success playing under the bridge in
Alexanderplatz. Selling over 300 CDs per week and having large crowds listening to them.
But very soon the Band faced persecution by the authorities again, despite getting all the available permissions, there was no legal way that could be found to maintain playing in the Berlin city center.
Since then, Olga Kholodnaya and Marino Colina are organising demonstrations, fighting for the rights of freedom of performing and permissions for performers based on the Milan and London permission models. They criticise , that if the authorities forbid the use of amplifiers and drums - certain music styles can not be played in the streets and this vulnerates the freedom of expression of art.
Four days after the
13 November 2015 attacks in Paris, Kholodnaya performed in front of the
Bataclan
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*'' Ba-ta-clan'', a 1855 operetta by Jacques Offenbach
* Bataclan (theatre), a theatre in Paris named after the operetta
**Bataclan theatre massacre, November 2015 Paris attacks
Music
*''Bataclan 1989'', by Maxime Le Fores ...
as a call for world peace.
Double Concerto for Violin and Drums
Olga Kholodnaya and
Marino Colina
Marino Colina (born 11 November 1981) is an Argentine drummer, composer, conductor and producer born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Biography
Marino Colina, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of Venezuelan-Italian parentage. His mother Maria Fran ...
, also known as Olga Show,
performed the world premiere of
J.S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wor ...
´s Double Concerto for Violin and Drums in the
Berliner Philharmonie
The Berliner Philharmonie () is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany, and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall. The Philharmonie is o ...
on 9 June 2017. It was a big success that was celebrated by the press and audience.
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in e minor, Op.64
In commemoration of the 170th year since the death of Felix Mendelssohn, Olga Show
performed the world premiere of
Felix Mendelssohn's
Concerto Op.64 for Violin and Drums, in the Stadthalle in
Rosenheim
Rosenheim is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is an independent city located in the centre of the district of Rosenheim (Upper Bavaria), and is also the seat of its administration. It is located on the west bank of the Inn at the confluence of th ...
on 4 November 2017 acclaimed by the critic.
Instrument
Currently, she plays a
J.B. Vuillaume Violin from 1853 "The blade" (ex-Kägi) and a Jacob Veit Müller.
Until 2017 she owned and played a
Tobias Volkamer that she used for most of her recordings and her debut in the
Berliner Philharmonie
The Berliner Philharmonie () is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany, and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall. The Philharmonie is o ...
.
Discography
References
External links
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Living people
Russian violinists
Russian women composers
Russian producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century violinists
Women classical violinists