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Sabine Sergejeva - Violin

Biography

Sabine Sergejeva was born in 1998 in Riga. She started playing the violin at the age of 7. Currently she is and Artist Diploma student in London- at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in the class of prof. David Takeno. Sabine has given numerous recitals in several music halls in the UK, Latvia, Italy and the Netherlands. She has participated in various festivals and masterclasses including Schiermonnikoog Young talent festival (2023), La Calamande masterclass (2022), Riga Jurmala Festival academy (2021), International Holland music sessions (2019), playing for musicians such as Renaud Capuçon, Philippe Graffin, Krysztof Wegrzyn, Tobias Steymans, Ilya Grubert and Alexey Lundin.

She has given numerous recitals in Latvia, UK, the Netherlands, France, Italy and Belgium. She has performed in venues such as Milton court concert hall, St James’s Piccadilly, St John’s Waterloo and Drapers hall.

As a member of the Accendo string quartet - she has performed in various concerts halls including Barbican hall and Wigmore hall, as well as given performances in Portugal and Austria. The Accendo quartet are also the winners of the intercollegiate string quartet competition “Cavatina” (2018). They have collaborated with musicians such as Andras Keller, David Waterman, Levon Chilingirian, the Emerson quartet and the Takacs quartet.

Sabine is a member of Kremerata Baltica since 2020, led by violinist Gidon Kremer. Their collaborations include artists such as Martha Argerich, Lucas Debargue, Misha Maisky and Pinchas Zukerman, with performances in Philharmonie de Paris, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Kozerthaus in Berlin, Seoul Arts centre, Koerner hall in Toronto to name a few. As a member of the orchestra Sabine has given performances in Canada, South Korea, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Czech republic, Azerbaijan and Turkey.

She has also participated in projects with the London Symphony orchestra and the Australian chamber orchestra and conductors Sir Simon Rattle, Jessica Cottis, Vassily Sinaisky, Thomas Sonergard and Roberto Gonzalez Monjas.

Sabine is a recipient of Silver medal award from the Worshipful company of Musician’s (2021).

Sabine plays on a violin made by Pietro Pallotta (1814, Italy) on a generous loan by the Harrison - Frank Family foundation.

www.sabinesergejeva.com

updated March 2023

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