Education
Konkova was educated as classical pianist in Moscow, and later as jazz pianist at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she met her husbond Per Mathisen.
composer pianist jazz musician
Konkova was educated as classical pianist in Moscow, and later as jazz pianist at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she met her husbond Per Mathisen.
After moving with him to Oslo in 1994, she collaborated with Inge Stangvik Quartet and the «Storeslem Big Band». She has also collaborated within «Sernet Å Fyre» and Norske Store Orkester. Konkova has also contributed to album releases and performances with artists like Finn Hauge, Magni Wentzel (Porty & Bess), Roy Nikolaisen (Roy"s choice), Øystein Sunde ("Øystein Sunde og vel så det", 2002) and Hans Mathisen (Quiet Songs).
2005: Spellemannprisen in the category Jazz, with Hans Mathisen, for the album Quiet Songs.