Elena Khurgina
harpsichord player
About
Elena Khurgina is a harpsichordist specializing in early and contemporary music, free improvisation, and interdisciplinary projects. In her artistic work, she explores the expressive possibilities of historical instruments in a contemporary context.
Born in Kharkiv (Ukraine), she began her musical studies at the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow. Then she continued her education in Hamburg, where she specialized in harpsichord and completed her Master’s degree at the HfMT Hamburg under Professor Menno van Delft and Professor Carsten Lohff. Additionally, as part of the Erasmus program, she studied Contemporary Harpsichord at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam under Professor Goska Isphording.
Elena is the first prize winner of the Prix Annelie de Man for contemporary harpsichord and performs regularly at international festivals, including the Bachfest Hamburg, blurred edges, The Art of Improvisation, Bach & now!, StimmeX, WePresent, the Feminale Hamburg, among others. Furthermore, she develops innovative educational projects centered on the harpsichord for the Hamburg Open Online University. In 2025/2026, Elena takes part in the stART.up program of the Claussen-Simon Stiftung.
“Eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. Our life has no end in the way in which our visual field has no limits.”
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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