Elena Khurgina
Harpsichordist
MUSICAL EDUCATION
•September 2023 – January 2024
Contemporary Harpsichord, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Netherlands. Erasmus Semester, Prof. Gośka Isphording
•2022 – 2025
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Master in Early Music (Harpsichord), Prof. Menno van Delft and Prof. Carsten Lohff
•2017 – 2022
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Prof. Menno van Delft and Prof. Carsten Lohff. Graduation: Bachelor in Early Music (Harpsichord)
•2008 – 2013
Gnessin Music Academy, Moscow. Piano, Prof. Vera Nosina; Harpsichord (minor), Prof. Aleksander Maykopar; Organ (minor), Prof. Alexey Shmitov. Graduation: Diploma (Piano)
•2004 – 2008
Tchaikovsky Academic Music College at the Moscow State Conservatory. Piano, Nadezda Demianova; Harpsichord (minor), Irina Lukina. Graduation: Diploma (Piano)
MASTER CLASSES
•2024 RAIVE Summer School @ Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, topic: AI in Multidisciplinary Projects
•2023 Kristian Nyquist, Master Class in Prix de Man competition @ Orgelpark, Amsterdam
•2023 Etienne Rolin, Soundpainting Workshop, SPIIC Lectures @ HfMT Hamburg
•2021 Prof. Jane Chapman, Master Class, Prix de Man competition @ Orgelpark, Amsterdam
•2020 Prof. Goska Isphording, Modern Harpsichord classes, Summer Music Academy, Cracow
•2020 Christophe Rousse, Harpsichord, Piccola Accademia di Montisi
•2019 Skip Sempé, Harpsichord, Villa Medici, Rome
•2016 Prof. Menno Van Delft, Harpsichord, Early Music Summer School, Amsterdam
•2014 Prof. Elisabeth Joyé, Harpsichord, Piccola Accademia di Montisi
•2008 Prof. Vladimir Tropp, Piano
•2004 Prof. Tatiana Rakowa, Piano
•2004 Prof. Irina Naumowa, Piano
•2003 Prof. Tigran Alichanow, Piano
•2003 Prof. Olga Zukova, Piano
•2002 Prof. Olga Martinova, Harpsichord
•2001 Prof. Michail Schtarkman, Piano
•2001 Prof. Patrick Ayrton, Harpsichord
SPECIAL PROJECTS
•2024 TBA @ Ligeti Center Hamburg
•2024 [3+1/2] @ Geel Zaal, Antwerp
•2024 The Garden @ Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Forum
•2024 Keys, Strings, Computers @ Feminale Festival, Hamburg
•2024 In Future’s Mirror @ ZID Theater, Amsterdam
•2024 J’ai assez de votre soleil | Ich hab genug von eurer Sonne @ Kleine Bühne, Theaterakademie, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
•2023 Under Waves, Ocean Stays Still @ Fanny-Hensel Saal, HfMT Hamburg
•2023 SPIIC meets TAI No-Orchestra (Milan) @ Multifunktion Studio, HfMT Hamburg
•2022 The Art of Improvisation – TAOI 2022 I, 30.10.2022 @ Resonanz Raum, Hamburg
•2022 Vivaldi and Friends, 02.10.2022 @ Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Harpsichord
•2022 Laute Räume, 17.07.2022 @ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
•2022 SPIIC Ensemble: Music Dance Improvisation, 9.07.2022 @ Le 109, Nice, France
•2022 SPIIC Ensemble: Dreaming Fields of Action Project, 8.07.2022 @ 7th International Web Audio Conference, Cannes, France
•2022 Exhibition “Ikonographie der Trauer” by Xiyu Tomorrow & Friends, 23.06.2022–2.07.2022 @ Kapelle 3, Ohlsdorfer Friedhof
•2022 The Art of Improvisation @ Blurred Edges Festival
•2022 Frauen unter Waffen @ Stimme X – Festival for Contemporary Music Theater, Lichthoftheater, Hamburg
•2022 Mad Mundus, 26.04.2022 @ Forum, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
•2022 Pergolesi. Stabat Mater with Joёl Vuik, Magdalena Huhn
•2021 Radical Crymento @ Forum, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
•2021 Short Film by Maxim Lequeux “My Shadow is Behind Me” (“Mein Schatten liegt hinter mir”)
•2021 HPSCHD: Music Machine Eight Centuries Old @ HOOU (in process)
•2020 Revolution im Kopf @ Tonali-Saal, Hamburg
COMPETITIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS
•2025 stART.up @ Claussen-Simons Stiftung
•2024 Deutschlandstipendium (Hamburg)
•2024 Berenberg Prize
•2023 1st Prize @ Prix Annelie de Man competition, Amsterdam
•2023 Erasmus Scholarship for Exchange Semester at Conservatorium van Amsterdam
•2022 DAAD Scholarship (Hamburg)
•2021 Semi-Finalist @ Prix Annelie de Man competition, Amsterdam
•2021 Graduation Scholarship, HfMT Hamburg
•2020 Siemens Music Foundation
•2020 Deutschlandstipendium
•2019 Innovativsten Projekte by Young Hamburg Artists @ Tonali-Saal, Hamburg
•2019 Deutschlandstipendium
•2018 Gabriele and Johannes Classen Foundation Scholarship
•2018 Thörl Foundation Scholarship
•2004 Diploma @ Heinrich-Neuhaus Youth Piano Festival, Moscow
•2003 Diploma @ Youth Piano Festival, Moscow
•2002 Scholarship, Department of Culture, Moscow Central Administrative District
•2001 Grand Prix @ Youth Piano Competition “Steps to Mastery”, Ukraine
•1998 Diploma @ Yakov Flier Youth Piano Festival, Moscow
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