Elena Khurgina
harpsichord player
About
Elena Khurgina is a harpsichordist with a focus on early and contemporary music, free improvisation, and interdisciplinary projects. In her artistic work, she explores the expressive potential of historical instruments within contemporary contexts.
Elena is a first prize winner (2023) and jury member (2025) of the festival and competition for contemporary harpsichord music Prix Annelie de Man. In 2025/2026, she is participating in the stART.up program of the Claussen-Simon Stiftung.
She performs regularly at international festivals, including the International Bach Festival Hamburg, blurred edges, The Art of Improvisation, Bach & now!, WePresent, Fringify, and more and develops innovative, harpsichord-focused educational projects for the Hamburg Open Online University and the Elbphilharmonie.
Elena completed her Master’s degree in Harpsichord at the HfMT Hamburg with Prof. Menno van Delft and Prof. Carsten Lohff and studied contemporary Harpsichord as part of the Erasmus program at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Prof. Goska Isphording.
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