Lydia Sviatlovskaya

Lydia Sviatlovskaya, a native of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), graduated from The Special Music School for Gifted Children in Leningrad and then entered the Moscow Conservatory.  Among her teachers was world-renowned violinist Leonid Kogan.  In 1976 Lydia was awarded Second Prize at the “Concertino Prague” Competition in Czechoslovakia.

Her solo appearances with orchestras include the Moscow Orchestra of Chamber Music, USSR State Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Radio Symphony, Winnipeg Royal Ballet, Central City Opera Festival Orchestra, Evergreen Chamber Orchestra, and Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra.

She has given numerous Solo and Chamber Music Recitals in Europe and the United States.  Lydia is currently Concertmaster of the Colorado Ballet Orchestra and Associate Concertmaster of Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra.  Lydia has a private teaching studio in Denver.