Education
Her teacher there was Natalia Boyarskaya.
Her teacher there was Natalia Boyarskaya.
She started violin lessons at the age of six. In, she took part in the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists. Yehudi Menuhin then invited her to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School.
She continued her studies at the Royal College of Music.
Her teacher there was Felix Andrievsky. In 1994, while she was studying at the Royal College of Music she founded the Belcea Quartet.
She has also performed as a soloist in venues such as Street John"s, Smith Square, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Barbican Hall, Purcell Room, Théâtre du Châtelet and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Belcea plays a Stradivarius 1666 kindly lent by the family Beare.
Joint First Prize, Kloster Schöntal International Competition, Schöntal Abbey, Germany, 1990 Second Prize, Menuhin Competition, Folkestone, Great Britain. 1991 Second Prize, International Competition for Young Violinists in Honour of Karol Lipinski and Henryk Wieniawski, Lublin, Poland, 1994 First Prize, Bromsgrove Festival, 1997 LASMO Staffa Music Award, 1998.