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Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Anastasia moved with her family to Moscow at the age of four. She started the violin at age five. Three years later, her exceptional talent was discovered by the famous professor Irina Bochkova, who was the student and follower of the legendary Yu Yankelevich. After studying at the Moscow Central Music School, she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1996 and earned a Master's degree at the Moscow Conservatory in 1998, consistently following the traditional Russian Method.

As a student, Anastasia was greatly influenced by meetings with outstanding musicians such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern. She became a laureate in the Paganini International Competition in Italy (1989), as well as the International Juventus Festival in France (1991). In 1992 she won the first prize and all special prizes at the International R. Lipizer Competition in Italy. Anastasia's active career path opened when she won the highest prize (second place) in the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, bringing her to concerts all over Russia, Europe, USA and throughout the world.

Anastasia has appeared in major venues such as the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Royal Albert Hall (London), Beethoven Hall (Berlin), Wiener Konzerthaus and Bruchnerhaus (Austria) and many more, and collaborated with Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra directed by Vladmir Fedoseev, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Yuri Temirkanov, Wiener Kammerorchester directed by Jean Fournet, Boston Symphony, NHK Symphony and many others. She has more than 30 concerto repertoires, and appears in concerts and recitals of solo and chamber music.

Anastasia has been the assistant professor at the Moscow Conservatory since 1999, and she was the special professor at the Kurashiki Sakuyo University in Japan from 2000 until 2007. She takes a unique style of performing between Russia and Japan, as well as throughout the world.

In Japan, she took part in the music of Meiji Nyugyo Company's ice cream "AYA" TV commercial in 1999; TBS television program "Neighborly" in 2002; NHK television show "Hello from the Studio Park" in 2003. She has appeared in radios and television shows such as the guest performer for NHK television's 46th New Year Opera Concert in 2003, Television Asahi's "No-Title Musicale" in 2003, NHK Special Environmental Concert in 2004, NHK-BS "Cinema Music Series" in 2004, NHK TV program "The Japan Foundation Special Prizes for Educational Programs" in 2004. She took part in the music for several dramas and shows such as Fuji Television's "Sonagi" (2002), and the main theme of NHK's daily drama "Hiiro no Kioku" in 2003. Both of the music were composed by Taro Iwashiro, and CD "Arco" was released.

In the Fuji Television's 45th anniversary drama "Violin Crossing the Strait", Anastasia appeared in the drama as a role of a violinist. Moreover, she performed for the Japan-Russia 150th amity celebration concert in 2005, Suntory Hall 19th Anniversary Gala Concert "Hibiki" in 2005, NHK's "Meikyoku Album" Spain version in 2007, NHK New Year Concert in Nagoya in 2007, and others.

Anastasia has been performing in Chirstmas Concerts at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall and Suginami Concert Hall every year. Her CD recordings include "Carmen Fantasie" (from Ongaku no Tomo), "Souvenir de Moscow", "Andaluza con Passion", "Portrait de Fantasie", "Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn Concerti", "Tema d'Amore Cinema Collection", "Valse des Fleurs", and "Romantic Virtuoso" from King Records. She currently released her first DVD "Anastasia Violin Best" in 2007.

Anastasia has collaborated with the NHK Symphony, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Century Orchestra Osaka, Osaka Symphoniker, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Yomiuri Japan Symphony, Hiroshima Symphony, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Sapporo Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Kyushu Symphony, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Yamagata Symphony and many others, and performed with conductors such as Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Michiyoshi Inoue, late Hiroyuki Iwaki, Norichika Iimori, Heiichiro Oyama, Yukio Kitahara, Seikyo Kim, Kozai Kim, Kazuhiro Koizumi, Tatsuya Shimono, Daisuke Soga, Tomomi Nishimoto, Sachio Fujioka, Yoko Matsuo, Hideaki Muto, Yasuo Watanabe, Rudolf Werthen, Daniel Inbal, Kenneth Hsieh, and Christian Orosanu. Her recent performanes include collaboration with Kenichiro Kobayashi.
In her chamber music concerts, she has collaborated with pianists Andrei Pisarev, Vladmir Ovchinnikov, Dmitri Teterin, Peter Laul, and harpist Xavier de Maistre.

Anastasia was awarded the prestigious title of "Russian Federal Distinguished Artist" from the Russian Government in 2004.

(As of March, 2008)

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