Elisaveta Blumina

Pianist Elisaveta Blumina was trained in the Russian tradition but moved to Germany at age 19 and has been active as a soloist and chamber musician. She is also a visual artist. In 2007, Blumina made her recording debut, backing cellist Ramon Jaffé on an album of music by Ignaz Moscheles. She has made some 30 albums, and she was one of the first pianists to perform the keyboard music of composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg in the West. She is also associated with the music of jazz-classical fusion composer Nikolay Kapustin. An enthusiastic chamber player, Blumina founded her own Ensemble Blumina trio. Blumina appeared in 2023 on the album Gija Kancheli: A Little Daneliade; Valse Boston with the Robert Schumann Philharmonie.