Described as »a magnetic presence« and »a constantly fascinating sound technician« (New York Classical Review), violinist Alena Baeva is considered one of the most exciting, versatile, and captivating soloists active on the world stage today, working with leading conductors including Paavo Järvi, Vladimir Jurowski and Riccardo Minasi.

Possessing a passionate musical curiosity, Baeva holds an already vast and rapidly expanding active repertoire, including over fifty violin concerti. She is a champion of lesser-known works alongside the more mainstream violin literature, with recent performances promoting such composers as Grażyna Bacewicz, Faradzh Karaev, Mieczysław Karłowicz, and Valentyn Silvestrov.

Baeva’s career as an international soloist of the highest renown has grown at an extraordinary pace over recent seasons, performing with orchestras including New York Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. She enjoys a long-standing and rewarding relationship with the Orchestra of the XVIII Century, performing and recording a variety of repertoire on period instruments.

Baeva records exclusively for leading label Alpha Classics, and the first project of her multi-disc deal with the label, »Fantasy« with Vaydm Kholodenko, was released in February 2024.

Born in Kyrgyzstan with Slavic-Tatar ancestry, Baeva took her first violin lessons at the age of five in Kazakhstan before studying in Russia, and also took lessons with Mstislav Rostropovich and Shlomo Mintz. Naturalised Luxembourgisch, Alena Baeva resides in Luxemburg with her husband and three children.

At only 16 years of age, Baeva won the Grand Prix at the 12th International Henryk Wieniawski Competition (2001). Following this, she went on to triumph at the Moscow International Niccolò Paganini Competition (2004), and at the Sendai International Violin Competition (2007).

Alena Baeva plays on the »ex-William Kroll« Guarneri del Gesù of 1738 – on generous loan from an anonymous patron, with the kind assistance of J&A Beares.