Viktoria Mullova
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About
Founder of the Mullova Chamber Ensemble and winner of the 1980 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition and the 1982 International Tchaikovsky Competition.
Before Fame
She grew up in Soviet Russia and studied at the Central Music School of Moscow and then at the Moscow Conservatoire.
Trivia
She fled the Soviet Union with one of her lovers while on tour in Finland and was driven across the border of Sweden by a Finnish Broadcasting Company journalist.
Family Life
She has one child with her husband cellist Matthew Barley and two from previous relationships with Claudio Abbado and Alan Brind.
Associated With
She has interpreted a lot of jazz compositions, such as work by Duke Ellington.
