Kristiana Ignatjeva

Cellist

Latvian cellist Kristiana Ignatjeva is a promising young artist. She began playing the cello at age of 6 and has since then studied at the Purcell School of Music and obtained degrees with distinction from Royal College of Music, London in Bachelor of Music, Master of Performance and Artist Diploma.

Kristiana has worked with many prominent musicians including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gianandrea Noseda, Vladimir Jurowski, Alan Gilbert, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Pinchas Zukerman, Nicola Benedetti, Sasha Rozhdestvensky and the Harlem Quartet. Her teachers include Melissa Phelps, Robert Cohen and Richard Lester. She has performed with many orchestras across Europe and has given recitals in major concert halls including the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall.

She enjoy playing chamber music and regularly takes part in chamber music festivals across Europe and North America. Kristiana is currently teaching and performing in Houston, as well as working with the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Mercury Chamber Orchestra.