Anna Kondrashina
Key Facts
- Instrument: Flute
- Website: annakondrashina.com/
Biography
Anna Kondrashina is a prizewinner of several prestigious competitions, such as the Kobe International Flute Competition in Japan and the Nicolet International Flute Competition in China. She has been awarded the Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal in the UK.
Anna is frequently invited to perform as principal and section flautist with numerous orchestras and has worked with notable conductors, such as Sir Mark Elder, Trevor Pinnock, David Afkham and Daniel Oren. In 2018 Anna has been invited to join the London Philharmonic Orchestra Foyle Future Firsts Development Programme. Anna completed her Bachelor’s degree at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Olga Ivusheikova, excelling on both modern and baroque flute. She received an Artist’s Diploma from the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv, studying in the class of Yossi Arnheim. In 2017 Anna has received the honour of a full scholarship to study the Master of Arts programme at the Royal Academy of Music in London with William Bennett. Her studies are generously made possible by the Future of Russia Foundation and Khodorkovsky Foundation.
Anna plays on an Altus flute with a Mancke headjoint, thanks to the kind generosity of Jane Elizabeth Bass.
Musicians’ Company Award: 2018 Silver Medal – RAM
Page Updated: Jan 2019
Photo Credit: Anna Kavalerova