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Born in Moscow in a family of musicians, Maria Milstein (1985) starts the violin at the age of 5 with V. Korolkova. Her family moves to France in 1991.
From 2001 to 2004, she studies at the Music Academy of Fiesole (Italy), where she attends lessons and master classes of Pavel Vernikov, Boris Kuschnir, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Petru Munteanu…
From 2004 to 2010, Maria studies at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam in the class of Ilya Grubert, where she receives her Bachelor and her Master diplomas with highest distinctions. Maria also followed lessons of David Takeno in London. In December 2011, Maria enters the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in the class of Augustin Dumay.
In the last few years, she attended master-classes for solo repertoire and chamber music of renowned musicians such as Ana Chumachenco, Menahem Pressler (Beaux-Arts Trio), Pierre Amoyal, György Pauk, Josef Rissin, Mikhail Kopelman or the members of the Belcea quartet.
Maria is a prizewinner of major international competitions: 2nd Prize at the International Violin Competition “Città di Brescia” in Italy (2007), 1st Prize and 3 special prizes at the Lyon International Chamber Music Competition with her Van Baerle Trio (2011), and 2nd Prize and special prize at the International Violin Competition “Premio Rodolfo Lipizer (2011).
Winner of several grants and scholarships (including the prestigious Violin Bursary of the Kersjes Fonds in 2010, and the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds), Maria gives concerts throughout Europe, appearing as a soloist or with orchestra in such important halls as the Recital Hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Main Hall of the Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam), the Wigmore Hall (London), the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow, the “Cortot” Hall in Paris, the “Molière” Hall in Lyon, the “Doelen” in Rotterdam or the Teatro Grande in Brescia (Italy). She has been selected for prestigious concert series such as the "New Masters on Tour", or the "Young Dutch musicians" series in the Concertgebouw (with the Van Baerle Trio). Maria appeared as a soloist with conductors such as Reinbert de Leeuw or Ivan Meylemans, and records for the Dutch and Italian radios.
Maria is also member of the Van Baerle Trio, together with the pianist Hannes Minnaar and the cellist Gideon den Herder. The succesful trio already won the First Prize, the Public Prize and two special prizes at the Lyon International Chamber Music Competition, as well as the Vriendenkrans/Radio 4 Talent of the Year Prize in 2011.
Maria also appears with such renowned musicians as Elizabeth Leonskaja, Liza Ferschtman, Emmy Verhey, Dmitri Ferschtman, Kristina Blaumane, Konstantin Bogino…
Maria Milstein plays on a Francesco Goffriller (Venice, ca 1725) from the Dutch National Instruments Foundation (Nationaal Muziekinstrumenten Fonds).
