Elizaveta Ivanova

Elizaveta Ivanova has held the position of Associate Principal Flute of Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra since 2022, having previously held the same position with the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra from 2017 to 2022. In 2024 she was selected as a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist.

She was born in 1997 in Estonia into a musical family and began her studies at a young age. After several years of piano lessons, she started to play the flute aged 12. From 2009 until 2014 she studied with Vladimir Ushakov at the St Petersburg Lyceum, continuing her education at the St Petersburg Conservatory with Olga Chernyadeva and Ksenia Kuelyar. In 2021 she entered the Basel Academy of Music where she studied with Felix Renggli and graduated from the master’s programme with honours.

In 2023 she won First Prize at the Geneva International Competition. She has also been a prizewinner at prestigious competitions including the Crusell Competition, Cluj International Competition and the Maxence Larrieu Competition. As a member of St Petersburg Winds she also won prizes at several chamber music competitions in Russia.

Elizaveta Ivanova regularly performs in chamber music groups and as a soloist appears with international orchestras including the Transylvania and Frankfurt Philharmonic orchestras and festivals such as the Lubljana Festival and Austrian Flute Festival, among others.

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Mae Elizaveta Ivanova yn Brif Ffliwtydd Cyswllt Opera a Cherddorfa Amgueddfa Frankfurt ers 2022, ar ôl gwneud yr un swydd gyda Cherddorfa Symffoni St Petersburg rhwng 2017 a 2022. Yn 2024, cafodd ei dewis yn un o Artistiaid Cenhedlaeth Newydd BBC Radio 3.

Cafodd ei geni yn Estonia yn 1997 i deulu cerddorol, a dechreuodd astudio pan oedd hi’n ifanc. Ar ôl sawl blwyddyn o wersi piano, dechreuodd chwarae’r ffliwt pan oedd hi’n 12 oed. Rhwng 2009 a 2014, bu’n astudio gyda Vladimir Ushakov yn Lyceum St Petersburg, gan barhau â’i haddysg yn Conservatoire St Petersburg gydag Olga Chernyadeva a Ksenia Kuelyar. Yn 2021, aeth i Academi Gerdd Basel lle bu’n astudio gyda Felix Renggli a graddiodd o’r rhaglen feistr gydag anrhydedd.

Yn 2023, enillodd y Wobr Gyntaf yng Nghystadleuaeth Ryngwladol Genefa. Mae hi hefyd wedi ennill gwobrau mewn cystadlaethau o fri, gan gynnwys Cystadleuaeth Crusell, Cystadleuaeth Ryngwladol Cluj a Chystadleuaeth Maxence Larrieu. Fel aelod o Chwythbrennau St Petersburg, enillodd wobrau hefyd mewn sawl cystadleuaeth cerddoriaeth siambr yn Rwsia.

Mae Elizaveta Ivanova yn perfformio’n rheolaidd mewn grwpiau cerddoriaeth siambr, ac fel unawdydd mae’n ymddangos gyda cherddorfeydd rhyngwladol gan gynnwys cerddorfeydd Ffilharmonig Transylvania a Frankfurt a gwyliau fel Gŵyl Lubljana a Gŵyl Ffliwtiau Awstria, ymysg eraill.