Alvina Lahyani | Violin

Alvina began playing the violin at the age of six in her hometown Kiev. At the age of ten, she became a student at the Kyiv Lysenko State Music Lyceum for highly gifted children, from which she graduated with honours. At the age of 16, she was accepted as a junior student at the Lübeck Academy of Music. She was a scholarship holder of the Ad Infinitum Foundation and received further musical impulses at international masterclasses such as the Carl Flesch Academy with Prof Reiner Kussmaul, the Kronberg Academy with Prof Pavel Vernikov and with Gidon Kremer.

Alvina has won prizes at many national and international competitions. She won 1st prize at the Olimpo Musicali international violin competition in Lithuania and a special prize for the best interpretation at the Queen Sophie Charlotte international violin competition.

Alvina plays in renowned orchestras such as the Orchestre de chambre de Paris and the Symphoniker Hamburg directed by Daniel Barenboim and Jeffrey Tate, as well as with inspiring artists such as Misha Maiskiy and Martha Argerich. She performs worldwide in renowned venues such as the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Elbphilharmonie and Carnegie Hall.

In her music, Alvina likes to think outside the box of classical music; for example, she was part of the classical heavy metal crossover band Athonite, with whom she performed at the world-famous Wacken Open Air.