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"Music was in us, around us, between us.
Feeling a truth like it always had been us."
With a large array of prestigious awards and highly acclaimed performances on renowned festivals, Irina Kulikova is widely considered one of the most gifted musicians on classical guitar. Both leading guitarists and people less familiar with the guitar are stunned by the depth of her interpretations and the rare spectrum of colours she evokes. Irina Kulikova has the capacity of fully opening up to music, dragging audiences around the world with her into a most profound and enchanting experience.
Highlights 2009
In 2009 Irina Kulikova played a series of concerts in Italy, Russia and The Netherlands. She performed on the international festivals of a.o. Split in Croatia, ‘Musical Olympus Festival’ in St.-Petersburg, ‘Luigi Legnani’ in Italy, Iserlohn Guitar Symposium in Germany, ‘J.K. Mertz’ in Bratislava, Slovakia, 'Forum Gitarre Wien' in Austria, Esztergom in Hungary (the oldest guitarfestival in the world) and Saltillo in Mexico.
In September, her second solo CD was released, in the Laureate series of the Naxos label. |  |
Highlights 2008
In 2008 Irina was awarded five first prizes on international competitions: “Michele Pittaluga”, Alessandria, Italy; “Guitarra Alhambra”, Valencia, Spain; “Forum Gitarre Wien”, Austria; “International Guitarcompetition Iserlohn”, Germany; and the “Twents Gitaarfestival”, The Netherlands. She graduated with honour at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg.
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