Viktoria mullova biography of donald
Viktoria Mullova, the great Russian-born violinist, has not allowed musical lockdown to depress her.
Viktoria Yurievna Mullova is a Russian-born British violinist.!
As we continue to showcase great violinists during the month of April, our next artist is Viktoria Mullova. Her career, spanning over 30 years, and her life, epitomize the struggle inherent in overcoming incredible odds in order to reach impossible goals.
History and Education
Born near Moscow on November 27, , Viktoria Mullova practically grew up with a violin.
In a family of five, her parents avidly supported music training and she began playing at the age of four; stating in a interview with John Woodford entitled “Through the Looking Glass with Viktoria Mullova” that, “since there was not space for a piano, I was given the cheapest and smallest option, a violin.” But, despite the hardships of living in the Eastern bloc, both her father and mother supported her lessons.
Her father attended with her, and she explained that he would spend time helping her practice, reminding her of each instruction, saying that she was “very lucky in this respect.”
When Mullova was nine-years-