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'''Olga Jegunova''' (born 25 May 1984)<ref>[http://www.lmic.lv/core.php?pageId=743&id=17635& ''Latvijas Musikas'']</ref> is a [[Latvia]]n [[classical pianist]], born in [[Šiauliai]], [[Lithuania]] (then [[Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic]]), and now living in [[London]].
{{AFC comment|1=I tried to remove the promotional and unrelated elements of this article. It still fails -- mainly because most of the article is about her taking master classes, interviewing other artists, etc. There may be reviews of her work, and if so those should be integrated into the text, but NOT listed as: so-and-so said she was great. That's [[WP:PROMO]] and is not permitted. [[User:LaMona|LaMona]] ([[User talk:LaMona|talk]]) 22:14, 31 December 2015 (UTC)}}


== Career ==
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After studying music at [[Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music]], concluding with a [[bachelor's degree]], she obtained her [[master's degree]] at the [[Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg]]. This was followed by studying at the [[Royal College of Music]] (Artist Diploma course as an RCM scholar under [[Dmitri Alexeev (pianist)|Dmitri Alexeev]]) and then at the [[Royal Northern College of Music]] where her piano teacher was [[Norma Fisher]]. In 2013 she studied at the Samling Academy in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samling.org.uk/artists/olga-jegunova/|publisher=Samling|title=Olga Jegunova. Samling Artist Programme: 2013}}</ref>


Jegunova has taken part in numerous master classes with eminent pianists such as [[András Schiff]] at the [[Prussia Cove#International Musicians Seminar|Prussian Cove International Musicians Seminar]], an annual event,<ref>{{cite web|title=Master Class Participants 2014|publisher=International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove|url=http://www.i-m-s.org.uk/archive/mcparticipants/master-class-participants-2014}}</ref> [[Ferenc Rados]], [[Eliso Virsaladze]], [[Mikhail Voskresensky]], [[Benjamin Zander]] and [[Lazar Berman]]. As a soloist she has worked with conductors such as [[Saulius Sondeckis]], [[Alexander Soddy]], [[Andres Mustonen]] and [[Muhai Tang]] and appeared with ensembles and orchestras such as the Sinfonia Concertante, founded by musicians of the [[Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen]], the [[Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra]], the [[Zurich Chamber Orchestra]], the [[Pasdeloup Orchestra]] and the [[Manchester Camerata]].
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In 2013, Jegunova gave a recital at the [[Edinburgh International Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Olga Jegunova|url=http://www.eif.co.uk/2013/olgajegunova#.V53nGOh97IU|publisher=Edinburgh International Festival|access-date=31 July 2016|date=30 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827083605/http://www.eif.co.uk/2013/olgajegunova#.V53nGOh97IU|archive-date=27 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Latviešu pianistei Olgai Jegunovai veiksmīga debija Edinburgas festivālā |url=https://www.diena.lv/raksts/kd/muzika/latviesu-pianistei-olgai-jegunovai-veiksmiga-debija-edinburgas-festivala-14023249|website=[[Diena]]|access-date=31 July 2016|trans-title=Successful debut of Latvian pianist Olga Jegunova at Edinburgh International Festival}}</ref> which was met with enthusiastic critical acclaim,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wow247.co.uk/2013/08/29/music-review-olga-jegunova/|author=Christopher Lambton|title=Olga Jegunova at The Hub|publisher=[[The Scotsman]] (cited in WOW247)|access-date=29 August 2013|quote=Rarely does one come across a young musician who understands as completely as Olga Jegunova what it is to perform. Her technical ability is allied to a composure and charm that entranced her audience.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731160704/http://www.wow247.co.uk/2013/08/29/music-review-olga-jegunova/|archive-date=31 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> played the same year in the "Noureev & Friends" concert performance in the [[Palais des congrès de Paris|Palais des congrès]] in [[Paris]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Graham Watts|title=Noureev & Friends Gala – Paris|url=http://dancetabs.com/2013/07/noureev-friends-gala-paris/|publisher=DanceTabs|access-date=31 May 2013|date=19 July 2013}}</ref> and in 2015 for the Latvian [[European Union|EU]] Presidency's annual [[Burns supper]] in [[Brussels]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Latvian Presidency|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_EuropeanandExternalRelationsCommittee/General%20Documents/2015_08_06_Min_EID_reply_SG_EU_engagement.pdf|publisher=Scottish Parliament}}</ref>
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In 2014 she played before Princess [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Recital before Princess Beatrix|url=https://www.olgajegunova.com/news/an-honour-to-perform-for|website=Olga Jegunova}}</ref> in 2015 at the Latvian Day Celebration Concert in the [[Westminster Cathedral|Westminster Cathedral Hall]] in the presence of the Latvian [[ambassador]], [[Andris Teikmanis]], and was chosen to take part in the Baltic Stars Ensemble,<ref>{{cite web|title=Baltic Stars Ensemble|url=https://www.facebook.com/RBalanas/photos/pb.126587594178626.-2207520000.1499764909./338387026332014/?type=3|website=Facebook page of Roberts Balanas}}</ref> a concert organised by the [[City Music Society]] of London in the St Lawrence Jewry Church.
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On 2 December 2015 Jegunova launched a charity called OlgaRhythm which aims to support talented music students of any age and ability.<ref>{{cite web|author=Katja Nikitina|title=Launch of OlgaRhythm|date=8 December 2015 |url=http://zimamagazine.com/2015/12/kak-poznakomit-muzy-kantov-i-finansistov/|publisher=Zima Magazine|language=Russian}}</ref>
'''Olga Jegunova''', a classical pianist, born in [[Latvia]], now living in [[London]].


== Collaborations ==
==Education==
Jegunova has worked with Alina García-Lapuerta and re-created, with the soprano Kirstin Sharpin, the "Lost Song" originally sung by [[Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Lost Song|url=http://www.alinagarcialapuerta.com/the-lost-song/|website=Alina García-Lapuerta|date=11 August 2014}}</ref> She has also worked with the story teller Jan Blake on the [[Peter and the Wolf]] performance for children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Musical Storytelling|url=https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/allaboutpiano/2014-edition/event/musical-storytelling/|publisher=[[Institut français du Royaume-Uni]]|access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref>


Jegunova was invited to work as a presenter at the 2015 [[International Tchaikovsky Competition]] in Moscow, where she interviewed [[Vadim Repin]], violinist and member of the jury,<ref>{{cite web|title=Live interview with Vadim Repin|url=http://tch15.medici.tv/en/news/live-interview-with-vadim-repin|publisher=[[Medici.tv]]|date=23 June 2015}}</ref> and [[Maxim Vengerov]]. She also broadcast live interviews with other well-known musicians at this competition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Live Interview with Maxim Fedotov|url=http://tch15.medici.tv/en/news/live-interview-witch-maxim-fedotov|publisher=Medici.tv|date=22 June 2015}}</ref>
After studying music at Jazeps Vitols Latvian Music Academy she obtained her M.Mus at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg. This was followed by studying at the Royal College of Music (Artist Diploma course as an RCM scholar under Dmitri Alexeev) and then at the Royal Northern College of Music where her piano teacher was Norma Fisher.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fisher|first1=Norma|title=Olga Jegunova taught by Norma Fisher|url=http://www.rcm.ac.uk/keyboard/professors/profile/?id=5372|accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref>


Since 2009, Jegunova has worked as a performer for [[Live Music Now]],<ref>{{cite web|title=New quartet by Alasdair Nicolson commissioned by LMNS for the Astrid Quartet|url=http://www.livemusicnow.org.uk/lmn_news/item/68646/date/2014-05-19/title/_new_quartet_by_alasdair_nicolson_commissioned_by_lmns_for_the_astrid_quartet|publisher=[[Live Music Now]]}}</ref> a charity providing live music in the concert hall as well as in the welfare, educational, justice and health sectors. She teaches piano to students of [[Queen Mary University of London]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Grand Piano|url=http://www.qmul.ac.uk/alumni/supportingqm/annualfund/how-your-gift-helps/projects/grand-piano/|publisher=[[Queen Mary University of London]]|access-date=31 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205130316/http://www.qmul.ac.uk/alumni/supportingqm/annualfund/how-your-gift-helps/projects/grand-piano/|archive-date=5 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Olga Jegunova has taken part in numerous master classes with eminent pianists such as Andras Schiff at the Prussian Cove International Musicians Seminar<ref>{{cite web|title=International Musicians Seminar|url=http://www.i-m-s.org.uk/|publisher=Prussia Cove}}</ref> an annual event, Ferenz Rados<ref>{{cite web|title=International Musicians Seminar|url=http://www.i-m-s.org.uk/archive/mcparticipants/master-class-participants-2014|accessdate=2014}}</ref>, Elisso Virsaladze, Mikhail Voskresensky, Benjamin Zander<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zander|first1=Benjamin|title=Benjamin Master Class (from 2:08)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHBaVyA09iA|website=YouTube|accessdate=2013}}</ref> and Lazar Berman. As a soloist she has worked with conductors such as Saulius Sondeckis, Alexander Soddy, Andres Mustonen, Muhai Tang and Valery Ovsianikov, and appeared with ensembles and orchestras such as the Sinfonia Concertante, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Zürcher Kammerorchester, Pasdeloup Orchestra and Manchester Camerata.


== Awards ==
Olga Jegunova is a Samling Artist. This scheme nurtures the artistic development of exceptional young singers and piano accompanists at the start of their careers. She was invited to take part as a pianist to accompany professional opera and lieder singers. In 2013 she took lessons with world famous opera singers such as Sir Thomas Allen and performed in the one of the most prestigious concert venues in the World : Sage Gatehouse . Those who take part in these masterclasses / concerts automatically become Samling scholars. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Artist|first1=Samling|url=http://www.samling.org.uk/artists/olga-jegunova/|website=Olga Jegunova|title=Scheme for exceptional young artists|accessdate=2013}}</ref>
Jegunova won the Concours Musical de France Ginette Gaubert in Paris and in 2008 the Steinway-Förderpreis in Hamburg.<ref>{{cite web|title=Steinway Förderpreis Klassik 2008|url=https://eu.steinway.com/de/haendler/steinway-hamburg/service/foerderung/foerderpreis-klassik/|publisher=[[Steinway & Sons]]|language=German}}</ref> In 2016 she was accepted by [[Steinway & Sons]] as a [[Steinway & Sons#Steinway Artists|Steinway Artist]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Olga Jegunova|url=https://eu.steinway.com/en/artist/olga-jegunova/|publisher=[[Steinway & Sons]]|access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> She has been a prize-winner at the Concours International de Piano Maryse Cheilan in France, at the Stasys Vainiūnas competition in [[Vilnius]] and at the competition of the foundation Animato in [[Zurich]], and was a semi-finalist at the prestigious [[Concours Géza Anda]] in Zurich.<ref>{{cite web|title=Concours Géza Anda 2009|url=http://www.gezaanda.ch/media/download/key/c6c4665daa264f4f8f4dda3050946b9b|publisher=[[Concours Géza Anda]]}}</ref>


==Competitions==
== References ==
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== External links ==
Olga Jegunova has won many major international piano competitions. For example the Ginette Gaubert competition in Paris and the Steinway-Förderpreis in Hamburg...<ref>{{cite web|title=Steinway Advanced Award|url=http://eu.steinway.com/de/haendler/steinway-hamburg/service/foerderung/foerderpreis-klassik/|publisher=Steinway Hamburg|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref>. She won the Steinway Award in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jegunova|first1=Olga|title=Steinway Award|url=http://eu.steinway.com/de/haendler/steinway-hamburg/service/foerderung/foerderpreis-klassik/|website=Steinway & Sons Hamburg}}</ref>
* [http://www.olgajegunova.com/ Official website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8wRXXLsZKc Olga Jegunova BBC Arabic interview]


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==Reviews==
In 2013 Olga Jegunova gave a recital at the Edinburgh International Festival. Christopher Lambton wrote "Rarely does one come across a young musician who understands as completely as Olga Jegunova what it is to perform. Her technical ability is allied to a composure and charm that entranced her audience." <ref>{{cite web|last1=Lambton|first1=Christopher|title=Review of Olga Jegunova's recital|url=http://www.wow247.co.uk/2013/08/29/music-review-olga-jegunova/|accessdate=29 August 2013}}</ref>


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==Collaborations==
[[Category:Latvian classical pianists]]
Olga Jegunova has worked with Alina Garcial-Puerta. Olga Jegunova played the piano with the soprano Kirstin Sharpin to re-create the "Last Song" originally sung by Mercedes. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Puerta|first1=Alina|title=The Last Song|url=http://www.alinagarcialapuerta.com/the-lost-song/|website=Alina's website|publisher=Alina Puerta|accessdate=11 August 2014}}</ref> She has also worked with the story teller Jan Blake on the Peter and the Wolf performance for children. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Olga Jegunova & Jan Blake|title=Old Lady and the Pumpkin|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsJsWCCGICg|website=All about Piano|publisher=French Institute London|accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> (at the French Institute<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jegunova|first1=Olga|title=Olga Jegunova & Jan Blake|url=http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/itsallaboutpiano/2014-edition/artist/olga-jegunova/|website=French Institute London|accessdate=4 April 2014}}</ref> London).
[[Category:Latvian women classical pianists]]

[[Category:Living people]]
She played the piano in the "Noureev & Friends" concert performance in the Palais Des Congrès in Paris in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Watts|first1=Graham|title=Noureev & Friends|url=http://dancetabs.com/2013/07/noureev-friends-gala-paris/|publisher=Dance Tabs|accessdate=31 May 2013}}</ref>
[[Category:Latvian expatriates in the United Kingdom]]

[[Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Music]]
Olga Jegunova played for the Latvian Presidency's annual Burns Supper in Brussels.<ref>{{cite web|title=Latvian Presidency of the EU|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_EuropeanandExternalRelationsCommittee/General%20Documents/2015_08_06_Min_EID_reply_SG_EU_engagement.pdf|website=Scottish Parliament|accessdate=August 2015}}</ref> She also played before HRH Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jegunova|first1=Olga|title=Recital before Princess Beatrix|url=http://www.olgajegunova.com/an-honour-to-perform-for/}}</ref> She has also played at the Latvian Day Celebration Concert in the Westminster Cathedral Hall in 2015 in the presence of the Latvian Ambassador, Andris Teikmanis and was chosen to take part in the Baltic Stars Ensemble<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stars|first1=Baltic|title=Baltic Stars Ensemble|url=http://citymusicsociety.org/Evening.htm|website=St Lawrence Jewry|publisher=City Music Society|accessdate=2015}}</ref>, a concert organised by the City Music Society of London.
[[Category:Alumni of the Royal Northern College of Music]]

[[Category:21st-century classical pianists]]
Olga Jegunova was invited to work as a compare at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition<ref>{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title= International Tchaikovsky Competition|url=http://tchaikovskycompetition.com/en/|accessdate=2015}}</ref> in Moscow, where she interviewed Vadim Repin violinist and member of the jury and Maxim Vengerov.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vengerov|first1=Maxim|title=Interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJE3Q_IlFnE|website=Tchaikovsky Competition 2015|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref> She also broadcast live interviews with well-known pianists<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jegunova|first1=Olga|title=Live interviews with pianists|url=http://tch15.medici.tv/en/news/instrument/piano/category/the-live-interviews|publisher=Tchaikovsky Competition|accessdate=2015}}</ref> at this competition.
[[Category:1984 births]]

In November 2014 BBC Arabic interviewed Olga Jegunova<ref>{{cite web|last1=Arabic TV|first1=BBC|title=BBC Arabic interviews Olga Jegunova about classical music and how it makes a difference to our humanity.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8wRXXLsZKc|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> about classical music and how it makes a difference to our humanity.

Since 2009, Olga Jegunova has worked as a performer for Live Music Now<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jegunova|first1=Olga|title=Live Music Now|url=http://www.livemusicnow.org.uk/lmn_news/item/68646/date/2014-05-19/title/_new_quartet_by_alasdair_nicolson_commissioned_by_lmns_for_the_astrid_quartet}}</ref>, a charity providing live music in the concert hall as well as in the welfare, educational, justice and health sectors. She teaches piano to students of Queen Mary London University.

On December 2, 2015 Olga Jegunova launched a charity called OlgaRythm<ref>{{cite web|last1=For talented Musicians|first1=|title=OlgaRhythm|url=http://www.OlgaRhythm.com|accessdate=2 December 2015}}</ref> which aims to support talented music students of any age and ability. This launch was reported in the Russian GAP<ref>{{cite web|title=Launch of OlgaRhythm|url=http://www.russiangap.com/2015/12/kak-poznakomit-muzy-kantov-i-finansistov/|publisher=Russian Gap Newspaper|accessdate=December 2015}}</ref> online newspaper.

==External links==

*[http://www.olgajegunova.com/ Olga Jegunova Official website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp_h649sZ9A/ Olga Jegunova playing Mozart Piano Sonata No. 11 in A]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLxlwjkfS4s Olga Jegunova and Jan Blake, Peter and the Wolf] - Music and Storyteller, All about Piano Festival at the French Institute London, April 2014.
*[https://soundcloud.com/olga-jegunova Olga Jegunova on Soundcloud] - audio recordings.

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Latest revision as of 22:57, 13 September 2024

Olga Jegunova
Background information
BornŠiauliai, Lithuania
GenresClassical
Occupationpianist
InstrumentPiano
Websitewww.olgajegunova.com

Olga Jegunova (born 25 May 1984)[1] is a Latvian classical pianist, born in Šiauliai, Lithuania (then Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic), and now living in London.

Career

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After studying music at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, concluding with a bachelor's degree, she obtained her master's degree at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. This was followed by studying at the Royal College of Music (Artist Diploma course as an RCM scholar under Dmitri Alexeev) and then at the Royal Northern College of Music where her piano teacher was Norma Fisher. In 2013 she studied at the Samling Academy in the UK.[2]

Jegunova has taken part in numerous master classes with eminent pianists such as András Schiff at the Prussian Cove International Musicians Seminar, an annual event,[3] Ferenc Rados, Eliso Virsaladze, Mikhail Voskresensky, Benjamin Zander and Lazar Berman. As a soloist she has worked with conductors such as Saulius Sondeckis, Alexander Soddy, Andres Mustonen and Muhai Tang and appeared with ensembles and orchestras such as the Sinfonia Concertante, founded by musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Pasdeloup Orchestra and the Manchester Camerata.

In 2013, Jegunova gave a recital at the Edinburgh International Festival[4][5] which was met with enthusiastic critical acclaim,[6] played the same year in the "Noureev & Friends" concert performance in the Palais des congrès in Paris,[7] and in 2015 for the Latvian EU Presidency's annual Burns supper in Brussels.[8]

In 2014 she played before Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands,[9] in 2015 at the Latvian Day Celebration Concert in the Westminster Cathedral Hall in the presence of the Latvian ambassador, Andris Teikmanis, and was chosen to take part in the Baltic Stars Ensemble,[10] a concert organised by the City Music Society of London in the St Lawrence Jewry Church.

On 2 December 2015 Jegunova launched a charity called OlgaRhythm which aims to support talented music students of any age and ability.[11]

Collaborations

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Jegunova has worked with Alina García-Lapuerta and re-created, with the soprano Kirstin Sharpin, the "Lost Song" originally sung by Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo.[12] She has also worked with the story teller Jan Blake on the Peter and the Wolf performance for children.[13]

Jegunova was invited to work as a presenter at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, where she interviewed Vadim Repin, violinist and member of the jury,[14] and Maxim Vengerov. She also broadcast live interviews with other well-known musicians at this competition.[15]

Since 2009, Jegunova has worked as a performer for Live Music Now,[16] a charity providing live music in the concert hall as well as in the welfare, educational, justice and health sectors. She teaches piano to students of Queen Mary University of London.[17]

Awards

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Jegunova won the Concours Musical de France Ginette Gaubert in Paris and in 2008 the Steinway-Förderpreis in Hamburg.[18] In 2016 she was accepted by Steinway & Sons as a Steinway Artist.[19] She has been a prize-winner at the Concours International de Piano Maryse Cheilan in France, at the Stasys Vainiūnas competition in Vilnius and at the competition of the foundation Animato in Zurich, and was a semi-finalist at the prestigious Concours Géza Anda in Zurich.[20]

References

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  1. ^ Latvijas Musikas
  2. ^ "Olga Jegunova. Samling Artist Programme: 2013". Samling.
  3. ^ "Master Class Participants 2014". International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove.
  4. ^ "Olga Jegunova". Edinburgh International Festival. 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Latviešu pianistei Olgai Jegunovai veiksmīga debija Edinburgas festivālā" [Successful debut of Latvian pianist Olga Jegunova at Edinburgh International Festival]. Diena. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  6. ^ Christopher Lambton. "Olga Jegunova at The Hub". The Scotsman (cited in WOW247). Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2013. Rarely does one come across a young musician who understands as completely as Olga Jegunova what it is to perform. Her technical ability is allied to a composure and charm that entranced her audience.
  7. ^ Graham Watts (19 July 2013). "Noureev & Friends Gala – Paris". DanceTabs. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Latvian Presidency" (PDF). Scottish Parliament.
  9. ^ "Recital before Princess Beatrix". Olga Jegunova.
  10. ^ "Baltic Stars Ensemble". Facebook page of Roberts Balanas.
  11. ^ Katja Nikitina (8 December 2015). "Launch of OlgaRhythm" (in Russian). Zima Magazine.
  12. ^ "The Lost Song". Alina García-Lapuerta. 11 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Musical Storytelling". Institut français du Royaume-Uni. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  14. ^ "Live interview with Vadim Repin". Medici.tv. 23 June 2015.
  15. ^ "Live Interview with Maxim Fedotov". Medici.tv. 22 June 2015.
  16. ^ "New quartet by Alasdair Nicolson commissioned by LMNS for the Astrid Quartet". Live Music Now.
  17. ^ "Grand Piano". Queen Mary University of London. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  18. ^ "Steinway Förderpreis Klassik 2008" (in German). Steinway & Sons.
  19. ^ "Olga Jegunova". Steinway & Sons. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  20. ^ "Concours Géza Anda 2009". Concours Géza Anda.
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