Violinist Olena Kaspersky is a Los Angeles native currently pursuing graduate studies at McGill University with Violaine Melançon. Previously, she earned her Bachelor’s of Music at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music with Lina Bahn. Olena has had the privilege of playing in the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, as well as serving as concertmaster for the McGill Symphony Orchestra, USC Symphony, and Colburn Youth Orchestra. She has performed across the US, Canada, and Europe performing as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. She won the USC Solo Bach competition and the Ofiesh Quartet Competition with the Gateway Quartet, with whom she toured France and appeared at the Rencontres franco-américaines de Musique de Chambre Festival. Olena is an advocate of Ukrainian music, from folk to classical, and has soloed with the Ukrainian Mosaic Orchestra of Los Angeles performing alongside Merited Artists of Ukraine.