Born in Novosibirsk in 1995. She began her music studies under Professor Elena Baskina. She studied viola and viola d'amour at the Novosibirsk Specialized School of Music with Professor Yuri Mazchenko and teacher Ilya Tarasenko. She graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in 2018, where she studied with Associate Professor Roman Balashov and where she is currently a trainee assistant with Professor Yuri Bashmet, People's Artist of Russia.
Laureate of the international competitions
2019
- The Grand Prix award at the 7th International Grand Music Art Contest
2021
- The First prize award at the International Rudolf Barshai String Players Competition
2023
- The III Prize award at the IX International Yuri Bashmet "Viola Competition"
She was awarded the Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation scholarship (2011-2012), the Novosibirsk region Governor scholarship for gifted children and young artists in the field of culture and art (2010-2011). Antonina was also twice awarded the Vadim Repin Memorial Scholarship (2011-2012, 2012-2013).
She has taken part in music projects and festivals, including the Trans-Siberian Art Festival in Novosibirsk, in 2013, and the International Music Festival "White Nights of St. Petersburg" in 2014.
Antonina has a busy concert schedule. She has collaborated with such musicians as Maxim Vengerov, Viktor Tretyakov, Sergei Krylov, Denis Shapovalov, Yuri Bashmet, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Placido Domingo, and played in a string sextet with Vadim Repin, Mario Brunello, Alexander Knyazev, and others.
She won second prize award at the Second All-Russian Symphony Orchestra Artist Competition in 2019.
Antonina has worked with top Russian orchestras: New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Moscow Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra, Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra, All-Russian Youth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Singing Center, Moscovia Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, Kremlin Chamber Orchestra, Hermitage Soloists Ensemble. She also has played as an orchestral artist under Yuri Bashmet, Eduard Grach, Felix Korobov, Alexander Lazarev, Dimitris Botinis, Christian Jarvi, and Claudio Vandelli.
