Margarita (*2010 in Kharkiv) is an exceptional young Ukrainian violinist. At just seven years old, Margarita attracted international attention when she won the Yelman Grand Prix at the International Violin Competition and the Musical Olympics “Voice of the Country” in 2017. 

In 2018 she was successful with 1st prizes at the 6th International Violin Competition in Prague, the 22nd International Competition Bohdan Warchal “Talents for Europe”, and in 2019 at the 25thInternational Young Virtuoso Competition in Zagreb. She won 2nd prize at the 10th Louis Spohr International Competition for Young Violinists in 2022.

Since Margarita was six years old, she has been touring with prestigious orchestras and playing in renowned concert halls in Ukraine, Italy, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia in addition to her ongoing musical education.

Margarita’s studies are sponsored by Dream Finance OÜ and supported by the Karsten Kretzschmar and Jan C. Maier Scholarship of the Stretton Society.

Margarita plays an exceptional violin by Lorenzo Storioni, Cremona 1784, a generous loan by a member of the Stretton Society.