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Musicians selected for the 2025 edition

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Iryna Borysova

Iryna Borysova

  • Edition of the Academy: 2025
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Instrument: Violin
  • Age during Academy: 18
  • Last or current school: Haute École de Musique de Genève/Neuchâtel
  • Instrument played: Plays the violin made by Augustino de Planis (Venice, 1771) from the collection of the LALIVE Foundation

Iryna was born in Kyiv on May 17, 2006. She studied at Kyiv Lysenko State Music Lyceum with Olha Korinets and Vadym Borysov. Since 2022 she studies at the Haute Ecole de Musique Geneve/Neuchatel (violin class of prof. Sergey Ostrovsky).

Iryna is a laureate of international violin competitions in Ukraine, Poland, Belgium, Estonia and Switzerland, including the Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition.

She took part in masterclasses by B. Garlitsky, B. Kuschnir, V. Sokolov, M. Bouchkov, V. Gluzman, U. Wallin, D. Schwarzberg, D. Sitkovetsky, K. Troussov, and others.

Iryna participated in the Ukrainian National Art Project "I AM A VIRTUOS!" (2019, 2020, 2021), where she performed solo with the Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
In the 2021–2022 concert season, she had solo performances with the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, and the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra.

She participated in the Young Classic Dialog Berlin Festival (Germany), Allegra Festival (Bulgaria), Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra, FestiVal d'Anniviers, Festival Puplinge, and Primeurs Musicales (Switzerland).

She has been supported by the LYRA Foundation, Rahn Kulturfonds, the Foundation Jean Tanner and the Marescotti Foundation (Switzerland).

Since 2022 she receives grant support from the VERE MUSIC FUND.

Since December 2022, Iryna plays the violin made by Augustino de Planis (Venice, 1771) from the collection of the LALIVE Foundation.

Iryna Borysova 

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