Andrii Murza (Ukraine)
Founder and artistic director

One of the most exiting representatives of Ukrainian violinists of his generation, who firmly establishing himself as a compelling and versatile interpreter. Andrii has performed in numerous important festivals including Lucerne Festival, Wiener Festwochen, Beethovenfest Bonn, Young Euro Classic, Kunstfest Weimar, MDR Musik Sommer, Un week-end a l`est, Santander International Festival, LvivMozArt und Kaunas Festival.

Andrii Murza has performed as a soloist with such orchestras as Birmingham Symphony Ochestra, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmonica de Santiago, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, Orquesta de Córdoba, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra, Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Moldova, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine under the baton of internationally renowned conductors such as Oksana Lyniv, Pawel Przytocki, Peter Csaba.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Andrii Murza has performed in many of the most prestigious concert halls, including Berliner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Wiener Konzerthaus, Birmingham Symphony Hall, KKL Luzern, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Shenzhen Concert Hall, Prinzregententheater München, Deutsche Oper am Rhein and Theater Chatelet with a wide repertoire, including works by later and contemporary Ukrainian composers.

His dedication to chamber music opens him the opportunity frequently collaborate with various well-known artists such as Valeriy Sokolov, Andrea Griminelli, Nicholas Daniel, Alexey Stadler in number international festivals such as Heidelberg Kammermusik Festival, Varna Summer Festival and LvivMozArt Festival, where he had the honor to perform on the original W. A. Mozart’s violin made by Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa (1764), kindly provided by Mozarteum Foundation.

Andrii was born in Odesa (Ukraine) in a family of musicians. He began his education at the famous Stolyarsky Music School at the age of 6 with Anna Lapteva and later at the Odesa National Music Academy named after A.V. Nezhdanova by professor Mikhail Turchinsky. After his graduation, he continued his postgraduate studies in Europe with professor Marco Rizzi at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid and at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts.

Being passionate about pedagogy, he began his pedagogical activities by joining the faculty of the Odesa National Music Academy and has been later appointed teaching assistant to Marco Rizzi at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts. In addition, he is a founder and artistic director of the Odesa International Violin Competition (member of the WFIMC), which he currently leads together with a violinist Alexey Semeneko.

Andrii Murza plays a violin made by Auguste Sebastien Philippe Bernardel (Père) in 1840.