Background
The daughter of two professional violinists, Pogostkina began playing the violin at the age of four and quickly showed herself to have exceptional talent.
The daughter of two professional violinists, Pogostkina began playing the violin at the age of four and quickly showed herself to have exceptional talent.
She gave her first concerts at the age of five. Pogostkina has competed with success in several international violin competitions. At the time of her victory in the Sibelius competition, Pogostkina was studying at the Academy of Music Hanns Eisler in Berlin, where she was a student of Antje Weithaas.
She currently lives in Berlin.
Alina Pogostkina has performed with many of the world"s major orchestras. At the time of the Sibelius competition she played a modern violin.
She played a Stradivarius from Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben. Since February 2013, Alina has been playing a Stradivarius Sasserno (1717) from Nippon Music Foundation.