Baiba Skride

Baiba Skride (1981-) is a Latvian violinist, who has received considerable acclaim. ["One of the most exciting young talents to have emerged since Itzhak Perlman burst upon the scene in the late 1960s. Skride possesses the rare ability to speak directly through her Stradivari in a way that has one completely forgetting the mechanics of a 'violinist at work'. The fact that hers is a live concert recording makes her achievement seem all the more staggering."
Selection disc of the month – Shostakovich/Janacek, The Strad, June 2006] ["A natural musician to the ends of her fingertips", praised Classic FM Magazine [http://www.kdschmid.co.uk/englisch/index.php?ch=2&k_id=191&tix=] ] [Review at [http://www.mspmag.com/entertainment/music/94326.asp www.mspmag.com] ] She was the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Contest in 2001 [ [http://nmf.or.jp/english/instrument/skride.html Nippon Music Foundation] ] [ [http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kohm/.artsmain/article/2/1083/1269676/Classical/Hitting.a.High.Note./ 'Hitting a High Note' at publicbroadcasting.net] ] , and has performed around the world. [Including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, [http://www.sonyclassical.de/baibaskride/en/bio.php] and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra [http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2008/may/wellington/nzso-baiba-skride-series-2.html] ]

She was born into a musical Latvian family in Riga in 1981 where she began her studies, transferring in 1995 to the Conservatory of Music and Theatre in Rostock, where she studied with Professor Petru Munteanu. She plays the Stradivarius "Wilhelmj" violin (1725), which is on loan to her from the Nippon Music Foundation.

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External links

* [http://www.sonyclassical.de/baibaskride/en/ Offical Baiba Skride website] at Sony Classical
* [http://nmf.or.jp/english/instrument/skride.html Biography] at Nippon Music Foundation