Anna-Liisa Bezrodny

Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (born 10 September 1981) is an Estonian/Finnish violinist.[1]

Bezrodny was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, to Russian violinist and music pedagogue Igor Bezrodny and Estonian violinist Mari Tampere.[1] She is of Estonian, Georgian, Russian and Jewish descent, and she speaks four native languages.[2][3] She grew up in Finland, where her parents worked as teachers.[4]

At the age of nine, she began studying violin at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, and later continued at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.[4]

She is a member of Estonian Association of Professional Musicians.[1]

Awards

She has won many awards around the world:[1]

  • III prize at the International Kocian Violin Competition in Czech Republic (1995)
  • I prize at the International Frankfurt Music Festival (1999)
  • winner of Estonian round of Eurovision Young Musicians (2000)
  • ETV prize at competition-festival for Estonia's young musicians "Con brio" (2002)
  • III prize at International Jascha Heifetz Competition in Vilnius (2005)
  • II prize at Johannes Brahms Competition in Austria, Pörtschach (2006)
  • Annual Award of the Edowment for Music of Cultural Endowment of Estonia (2013)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bezrodny, Anna-Liisa | Estonian Music Information Centre". www.emic.ee. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. ^ Aho, Esko (30 September 2020). "Anna-Liisa Bezrodnyn mummi kasvatti Oulussa pari viulistisukupolvea" [Anna-Liisa Bezrodny's grandmother raised a couple of generations of violinists in Oulu]. Kaleva (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  3. ^ Lampila, Hannu-Ilari [in Finnish] (15 August 2007). "Anna-Liisa Bezrodny on temperamentikas taituri" [Anna-Liisa Bezrodny is a temperamental virtuoso]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin)". Leicester International Music Festival. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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