Tanya Zhmendak

Tetiana Zhmendak was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she started her violin studying at the age of seven. During years of learning and growing as a professional musician, she took part in All-Ukrainian competitions as well as international, such as International Competition Gianluca Campochiaro (Italy), and succeeded. Her professional experience also includes participation in Youth International Philarmonic Orchestra (USA), MIT Concert Choir Orchestra (USA), and the DuBois Orchestra (USA).

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Through years of changing schools, both musical and educational, she ended up graduating from Specialized Secondary Music boarding school named after M.V. Lysenko, in a class of Tamara Mukhina. In 2019 she moved to Boston to pursue her dream of becoming a professional violinist and pedagogue. There she completed her Undergraduate Diploma in Violin Performance at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, developing her musical skills with the associate concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Velinzon.

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She is currently pursuing her Masters in Violin Performance at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA under the instruction of Alexander Velinzon.

Education:

Kyiv Specialized Secondary Music School: Kyiv, Ukraine

Associate Degree:Violin Performance

Longy School of Music: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Undergraduate Diploma:Violin Performance

Longy School of Music: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Masters of Music (2022-present): Violin Performance