MUSICIANS

Olga Kossovich was born in Moscow, Russia. She started her musical training at the preparatory classes of the Central Music School at the Moscow State Conservatory at age four, and at the same time she received her first violin lessons. Olga was accepted to the Central Music School in 2002, and while studying at this school she performed actively in concerts across Russia and abroad. 

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During her studies at the music school she participated in several competitions, including the UFAM Concours de Musique, Paris, France, in 2005 and 2006. 
She is the winner of the third prize in the Demidov International Youth Violin Competition DeMYuKS-V in Yekaterinburg, Russia (2009) and the XVII Togliatti International Competition for Musicians (2012). 

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In 2013, she graduated from the Central Music School and entered the Moscow Conservatory Tchaikovsky. 
During her time at the Conservatory, she participated in the III Savely Orlov International Music Competition Festival (Samara, Russia, 2015, II prize) and the First Rudolf Gummert International Young Performers Competition (Kazan, Russia, 2017, II prize.

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 Upon graduating from the Moscow Conservatory, Olga joined the violin studio of Dr. Alejandro Drago at the University of North Dakota (UND) to pursue a Masters in Violin Performance.
During her time as a student in the USA, she obtained prizes in the GGFSO Young Artist Concerto Competition (Grand Forks, ND, 2019, I prize), the BSO Young Artist Competition (Bismarck, ND, 2019, I prize) and the Thursday Musical Young Artist Scholarship Competition (St. Louis Park, MN, 2021, I prize). 

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Olga is currently perusing her Doctor of musical arts degree at the Northwestern University under the guidance of Professor Gerardo Ribeiro. While obtaining her Doctoral degree, she was a winner a couple of more competitions in Chicago such as Samuel and Elinor Thaviu String Performance Competition (I Prize, 2022) and Musician Club of Women Annual Awards Competition 2023.