Heard of the Gusli? Experience the hair-raising sound and passionate performance of OLGA
Wed, Jun 19
|Santa Barbara
"...absolute virtuoso, fantastic playing..." GOTLANDS TIDNINGAR (Sweden) FIRST 30 SHALL BE ADMITTED. $20 discounted ticket starting 630pm. $35 online, $40 at door.
Time & Location
Jun 19, 2024, 8:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Santa Barbara, 1230 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA
About the event
Touring from FinlandÂ
OLGA SHISHKINA
 "...absolute virtuoso, fantastic playing..."Â
GOTLANDS TIDNINGAR (Sweden)
Originally Russian classical school-trained, Olga
masterfully manages a wide variety of genres such as classical, folkloric and jazz and has been a demanded soloist to participate in various projects by the leading names of the music industry.
In June 2022 she completed course education in jazz improvisation at the world’s prominent Berklee College of Music with the top saxophonist Jim Odgren and graduated summa cum laude in 2008 from St.Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory where she studied gusli, piano, organ and orchestral conducting. In 2012 she received a Master’s of Music degree at Sibelius Academy.
Shishkina has taught at Andreev Music School in St.Petersburg and Helsinki Pop-Jazz Conservatory. Apart from extensive performing Shishkina was also asked to be a member of the jury of the 5th International Prahas Stepulis chamber music competition (Siauliai, Lithuania, 2017), International
Kantele competition (Petrozavodsk, 2014) and First International Kantele competition (Helsinki, 2015).