Over time, I found it strange that musicians write their own biography in the third person.

So I briefly write the following about myself:

I have been playing the cello for more than 20 years. I like to be in nature and spend time with people I love. I really want to learn a lot of new things, such as playing the guitar, singing, boxing and riding.

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Born in Russia, violinist Maria Ioudenitch immigrated to the USA with her family at the age of two and grew up in Kansas City. In 2021, she received first prizes at the International Ysaÿe Music Competition, the International Tibor Varga Violin Competition and the International Joseph Joachim Competition.

In recent months, Maria Ioudenitch has made her debut with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (at the Berlin Philharmonie), the MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra and the Munich Symphony Orchestra and returned to her hometown Kansas City Symphony. Other recent engagements have taken her to the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and the Utah Symphony.

The Berlin choir Cantus Domus opens up new approaches to choral music for its audiences with spirited productions and creative concert formats.

Under the artistic direction of Ralf Sochaczewsky, the choir broke new ground with the performance of a choral version of Terry Riley's "In C", with the German premiere of Fredrik Schwenk's arrangement of Schnittke's Faust cantata, as well as with the world premiere of a choral opera staged by Cantus Domus to excellent reviews, the new performance of which is planned. Further highlights: the collaboration with Charlotte Greve, Vox Humana (Oslo), Fahmi Alqhai and the Accademia del Piacere (from Spain, Syria and elsewhere) or Shavnabada and Tutarchela (Georgia).