Chicago-based violinist Masha Lakisova is fast becoming one of the rising stars of her generation, having been awarded numerous prizes - in 2020, both at the Stulberg Competition (3rd prize) and at the Klein Competition (3rd prize and the Bach prize), in 2018, at the Tibor Junior International Competition (1st prize), and in 2015, at the Postacchini Competition (2nd prize). Lakisova is also an avid chamber musician, having won two consecutive Gold Medals at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. As both a soloist and a chamber musician, she has performed in esteemed concert venues in the United States and all over the world including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall, and Alice Tully Hall. She has previously studied with Grigory Kalinovsky, Itzhak Perlman, and Li Lin, and is currently pursuing her bachelor’s at the New England Conservatory, where she is a student of Miriam Fried. Miss Lakisova is the proud recipient of a magnificent violin by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, Turin, 1845 on loan from The Stradivari Society of Chicago thanks to the generosity of her patron, Edward Manzo.