Alexandra Ruth Arba

Alexandra Arba is a Romanian-Belgian violinist who started playing the violin at the age of 8. In 2015 she was accepted into the Young Talent Class of Prof. Alissa Margulis and Benjamin Braude at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen and has been studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln since 2018. There she was taught by Prof. Barnabás Kelemen, Prof. Nadja Nevolovitsch and Prof. Ye-Eun Choi. As an active chamber musician, Alexandra has performed at numerous chamber music concerts and various chamber music festivals, including the Festival Academy Budapest and the Sonoro Festival in Montepulciano. In 2022 she won 2nd prize at the 8th Chamber Music Competition of the Cologne University of Music and Dance. Alexandra is currently an academy member of the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and frequently plays as a guest musician with the Brussels Philharmonic in Belgium.