Alexey Naumenko (violin)

        Alexey was born in 1979 in Leningrad where he began playing violin at the age of 5. From the age of seven and during Music School and Rimsky-Korsakov Music College his violin teacher was Tatiana Korchmar, one of the best violin teachers in St. Petersburg.

        In 1999 he entered the Saint-Petersburg State Conservatoire in the class of Honored Artist of Russia, Professor V. Ovcharek (founder of the famous Russian Taneev State Quartet), where he graduated in 2004.

        As a soloist, Alexey performed with Russian orchestras and took part in International music festivals and master-classes in Germany, Austria, Italy and Russia. He won Second prize in the Young Musicians International Competition "Virtuosi of 2000."

        In 2000, together with colleagues, Alexey founded the Atrium Quartet. Since April 2007, Alexey has continued post graduate studies at the Hochschule fur Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin with Prof. E. Feltz.

        In 2007-08 season he appeared with the Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra.     Alexey performs a lot as a soloist and in duo with pianist Misha Fomin (NL).