First Prize at the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Hannover, and prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and at the Singapore International Violin Competition, Alexandra Conunova has been hailed by her virtuosity, warm tone, impressive range of color, and flawless technique. She also received the prestigious Fellowship by the Borletti-Buittoni Trust in London. Conunova has appeared with many of the leading international orchestras, such as the Orchestre de Paris, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Paris Chamber Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, NFOR, Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona, among others. She frequently performs under the batons of maestros A. Manze, L. Foster, J-P. Saraste, T. Currentzis, G. Noseda, L. Langree, A. Poga, J. Weilerstein, M. Pletnev, L. Equilbey , A. Manacorda, C. Zacharias, D. Hindoyan, J. Nott, P. Bleuse, D. Ward, O. Lyniv and J. Mallwitz.
She has performed as soloist with the Insula Orchestra, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Oxford Philharmonic, Beogradska filharmonija, l’Aalborg Symfoniorkester, Borusan İstanbul Filarmoni Orkestrası, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Kristiansand Symfoniorkester, Odense Symfoniorkester, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México, and at the San Francisco Symphony Spotlight recital series. Some recent engagements include appearances with Barcelona Symphony under Christian Macelaru, Philharmonie Zuidnederland under Duncan Ward, BR Rundfunkorchester under Gemma New, Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears under Sascha goetzel and Slovenská filharmónia under Daniel Raiskin.
Following her acclaimed return to the Tivoli Festival in summer 2022, where she performed and conducted Vivaldi’s and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons, Alexandra was quickly reinvited by the Copenhagen Philharmonic for a spring 2024 appearance, featuring Arthur Lourié’s Concerto da Camera. Most recently, she delivered a brilliant performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 with the orchestra at the Tivoli Festival in June 2025.
In the 2025/26 season, Conunova will perform with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica Banatul Timisoara, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, l’Armenian State Symphony, Malmö SymfoniOrkester, Orchestra Naționala Radio, Brussels Philharmonic, Oxford Philharmonic, Bochumer Symphoniker, and the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. She will tour in Sweden and Finland with the Norrlandsoperans Symfoniorkester, give recitals in the United States with pianist Dmitry Shishkin, and appear in Spain on tour with the Slovenská filharmónia performing Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto. Chamber music and recital appearances include Villa Musica, the Istanbul Müzik Festivali, Schloss Elmau, Folle Journée, and Marseille Concerts.
Alexandra’s first recording of Prokofiev Violin Sonatas with Michail Liftis, on Aparté, was received with great acclaim: “This recording reveals Conunova as a major artist – in terms of both technical assurance and interpretative daring… I can’t recommend their freshly considered, vividly recorded interpretations highly enough” (Gramophone); “…this is already a candidate for one of the best discs of the year” (The Strad).
In Fall 2020, she recorded and released Vivaldi’s Four Seasons also on Aparté, obtaining rave reviews: “her last recording as a whole is an exquisitely light and graceful reading from everyone, crowned by ravishingly sweet-toned and dancing filigree lines from Conunova herself”, “her playing is this fabulous: the warm-toned, easy fluidity of her virtuosities; her range of articulation, colour, and shading; the subtle spontaneity; the natural shaping.” (Gramophone)
Alexandra currently plays on Giovanni Batistta Guadagnini, ca. 1785 ex “Ida Levin”, on a kind loan from a music lover.
