Nadezhda Skokova, born in Yekaterinburg, Russia, began her musical education at the age of 7 at the renowned specialized music school of the UMK at the Mussorgsky Ural State Conservatory, studying violin. She later moved to Moscow and continued her education at the prestigious Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, transitioning to the viola.
Her professional career includes performances with the Concert Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory and the Richter Kaluga Symphony Orchestra. After graduation, Nadezhda won a competition and became an artist of the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra (Moscow Philharmonic).
Nadezhda has participated in numerous festivals, master classes, and chamber music performances. She has collaborated with distinguished conductors such as Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Yuri Temirkanov, Paavo Järvi, and Valery Gergiev, as well as world-famous artists like Plácido Domingo, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Pablo Ferrández, Denis Matsuev, Anna Netrebko and so on. Her performances have taken her across Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, and beyond.
In 2023, she came to the USA to complete a certificate program at Columbus State University to continue her pursuit of musical excellence.
In addition to her performance career, Nadezhda often served as principal of the viola group of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, assisted as a teacher to her professor at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and Columbus State University.
Nadezhda’s students, whether learning violin, viola, or piano, will find true inspiration and develop their musical skills through her deep knowledge of the Russian classical music tradition and her secrets of performance.
Violin, Viola & Piano Instructor
