Nadezda Tokareva

Russian – Slovenian violinist Nadezda Tokareva was born in 1977 in Penza, Russia into a family of musicians. After Penza musical college (class of L. Romadina) she entered the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in 1996 to study in the class of People’s Artist of the USSR, Professor Edward Grach. Nadezda became a laureate of a number of International violin competitions during her academic career: Third prize at VII International competition of violinists in Germany (Kloster – Schontal, 1997) , Grand Prix at I International competition “The Violin of the North” (Yakutsk, 1997) , First prize at II International Yampolsky Competition (Penza, 1999) , Special prize at XII International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, 2002) , Special prize at the International Competition M. Long – J. Thibaud (Paris, 2002) , Second prize at the I Paganini competition (Moscow, 2003) , Winner of international festival «April spring» (North Korea, 2006). Nadezda has also participated in a number of prestigious international master classes and music festivals, including: international master courses Мonti Azzurri Аcademy (Italy, 1998) and Keshet Eilon (Israel, 1999), and international musical festivals in Оhrid, Macedonia, “Guadix Classica”, Spain, international musical festivals in Tours, Nice, and Eu, France, “Stars of Planet”, Yalta, Ukraine, “Kharkov`s Assambleas”, Ukraine, “Daytona Winterfest”, the USA, IV Gabala International Music Festival, Azerbaijan. Since March 1999 Nadezda Tokareva is the soloist-violinist of Moscow State Academy Philharmonic Society where she worked until emigration to Slovenia in 2011. She has performed in the principal Moscow concert halls, including the Great and Small Halls of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Hall, and the Svetlanov and Chamber Halls of the International House of Music. Her concert schedule includes venues in more than 30 countries including Russia, the United States, several countries of Western and Eastern Europe, Israel, Turkey, China and Japan. The artist performed with Russian and foreign symphonic and chamber orchestras, such as: Russian State Symphony orchestra, Symphonic orchestra of the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic society, State Symphony orchestra of Cinematography, Moscow Symphony Orchestra ” Russian Philharmonic”, Moscow State Radio Symphony orchestra, Symphony orchestra “Classica” St.Peterburg, State Symphony orchestra of republic Tatarstan Kazan, National Symphony orchestra of Ukraine Kiev, State Symphony orchestra of Polish Radio Warsaw, Vietnam National orchestra Hanoi, Georgian State Symphony orchestra etc. She has toured twice as soloist and concertmaster with the Moscow State Radio Symphony orchestra in the United States in 2004 and 2010. A good deal of her concert activity revolves around the Russian State Concert Company “Commonwealth”, with which Nadezda Tokareva has collaborated closely for more then 10 years. During Russia’s Culture Days, she has presented and still presents on the art of the Russian violin and constantly receives high consideration from music critics as well as the enthusiastic delight of her concert audiences. Since 2002 Nadezda Tokareva is an associate professor of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State conservatory. Her pedagogical life is very active: In March, 2004 she was a member of the jury in IV Open Competition named after N. Sabitov in Ufa. In August, 2004 she was invited to teach in XII Summer school “New Names” UNESCO (Suzdal, Russia). In May 2008 – she served as a member of the jury at the I International Competition «Where the Art Takes Birth», Russia, Krasnodar. In December 2006 – teacher of Mobile Academy of Arts (international project of the Russian Fund of culture, Russia, Ekaterinburg.) From 2006 to 2009 – she has been a professor of Kurashiki Sakyo University, Japan. Since 2011 – she has been an associate professor of the Maimonides State Classical Academy, Moscow. Some of her students became laureates of the international competitions. Since 2011, Nadezda Tokareva is living in Slovenia.

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