Aleksandra Pitkäpaasi

I violin

I began playing the violin at the age of five. There are many generations of musicians in my family, and this is a profession that I wanted for myself ever since I was a child.

I studied at the Sibelius Academy, where I completed my final examination in the violin with excellent marks and graduated with a Master of Music degree in 1999. My teachers included Anatoli Melnikov, Seppo Tukiainen, Olga Parhomenko and tuomas Haapanen.

My passion for music has deepened through participating in several violin competitions (Norrköping, Wieniawski, Montreal, Salzburg) and playing a lot of chamber music.

I played with the Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera and the Helsinki Philharmonic before joining the Tapiola Sinfonietta in 2007. I have been playing 1st Violin here since 2010. I am inspired by challenges and by making music with my skilled friends.