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The Belarusian violist, Katya [Ekaterina] Lazareva, began her musical training at the Republican Musical College at the Belarus State Academy of Music with T.P. Bodneva and then with Professor L.L. Lastovka at the Belarusian State Academy of Music. Between 2003 and 2007, she was a laureate of the E. Kohu, International Music competition in Chisinau, Moldova. In 2004 she won 2nd place at the International Competition for Strings in Kiev, Ukraine. From 2004 to 2009 she was a student of the Chamber Music Summer School Musica Mundi in Belgium, where she had lessons with members of the Kuss and Talich Quartets. In 2009 she won 3rd prize with her quartet at the International Chamber of Music competition in Smarghon, Belarus. From 2010 she studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (GSMD) in London, where she was generously awarded a full scholarship by the Guildhall School Trust, and a full academic year scholarship by the Leverhulme Trust. While studying at GSMD, she took part in a number of orchestral and opera projects, including with members of the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, she was awarded a Master’s of Music degree in Orchestral Performance. She is a recent graduate of the Royal College of Music’s Artist Diploma course in Performance, led by the Professor of violin and viola, Yuri Zhislin. In 2012 she won a scholarship from an Anatole Mines & Anthony Elt Award towards her studies at the Royal College. She has also taken part in master-classes with such outstanding viola-players as Yuri Bashmet, Yuko Inoue, and Yuri Zhislin. In 2010-2013 she was a student of the professor and member of the Belcea quartet, Krzysztof Chorzelski as well as of the Professor and Artistic Director of the Russian Virtuosi of Europe chamber orchestra, Yuri Zhislin. She has attended the Lake District Summer Music Academy and had lessons with Yuko Inoue, Garfield Jackson and the Chilingirian Quartet.
Katya Lazareva is an acclaimed violist specialising in solo and chamber repertoire. Since moving to London in 2009 she has performed at a number of solo and chamber recital venues including at Wigmore Hall, King’s Place, the Orangery in Holland Park, Beck Theatre, Bridewell Theatre, St. John’s and St. Peter’s Church in Notting Hill, St. Alfege Church in Greenwich, All Saints Church in Kingston, Guildhall School of Music and Drama; and at various festivals including The Little Proms, the Earl’s Court Festival, and with the Schnittke string trio in the Netherlands.
Katya Lazareva is a member of various London orchestras, such as I Maestri, London Chamber Players, Arcadia Mundi, Firebird and Russian Virtuosi of Europe, performing at such places as Cadogan Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, St. George’s Hanover Square, St. Paul’s Covent Garden, Royal Festival Hall and St. Giles-in-the Fields Church. She also played with Melos Orchestra, London Art Orchestra and London Arte Chamber Orchestra. In 2011, she played as a soloist with the I Maestri orchestra, conducted by Krzysztof Chorzelski, in St. Mattheus Church. In 2012 she toured to South America with the Russian Virtuosi of Music chamber orchestra. In early 2013 took part in a co-principal bursary scheme at the Rehearsal Orchestra and performed solo with the Tudor Orchestra, conducted by Owen Leech. She has also performed in orchestras conducted by such renowned conductors as Colin Davis, James Gaffigan and James Judd.
Katya Lazareva actively took part in the cultural life of her country performing as a soloist with the Belarusian Philarmonia and as a member of the philharmonic soloists’ ensemble Classic Avangarde. She frequently played as a soloist with the State Chamber Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus and with the student chamber orchestra at the Belarusian Academy of Music, including at Barcelona. In 2004, Katya won an exhibition from a special president fund for the support of talented youth.
Katya Lazareva plays viola made by luthier Luis Claudio Manfio in 2012. |
