Elina Akselrud was accepted to New England Conservatory in Boston, MA for the Master of Music program starting in the Fall'12 and will continue her studies under the tutelage of Maestro Alexander Korsantia.

Elina Akselrud just became the First Prize winner of the III Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT and in addition to the monetary prize she has also been selected to compete in the Final Round of the 13th Osaka International Music Competition in Japan.

Hi all,

Just wanted to inform you that I have added a new video of Chopin's F minor Mazurka (op.63/2) to the "Watch" page - it was my encore after a performance at Clayton Opera House in the beautiful land of Thousand Islands (Upstate New York).
Please take a couple of minutes to watch it!

Have a wonderful school year for all the applicable people, and if you have nothing to do with school - just have a great time in the fall.

I am starting my last year of BM tomorrow. Wish me luck............

Yours,
Elina ^_^

Hello Everyone,

I hope your summer is going great! Mine is so far over-super-amazing, and I wish you to have a similar experience with it.

Today I am more than happy to announce a handfull of updates, which are:

- The new sister-website with my photography is finally created, uploaded and working! Please check it out at photo.elinaakselrud.com or simply navigate from the Main Entrance page. I have spent a lot of time working on it and I really love how it looks Hope you will like it!

- There are new photos of me in the "See" page (in the "Piano" and "Life" categories). Photographed by Vladimir Gramagin and Victoria Juharyan, to whom goes big thanks and hugs.

- Last, but not least, there are some new performances scheduled for the upcoming season (not all of them though). Please refer to the "Future" page for the details.

I am going to go and enjoy the rest of the summer now as much as possible, and wish you the same.

All the best,
Elina