Violinist Diana Tishchenko signs with Askonas Holt

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Askonas Holt has announced the addition of Diana Tishchenko to its roster for general management.

Grand Prix winner of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin competition in 2018, the Ukrainian-German violinist was an Echo Rising Star this season. Tishchenko has appeared in recital at major concert halls across Europe including Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie Paris, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Konzerthaus Vienna, Barbican London, Philharmonie Cologne and Bozar Brussels.

Tishchenko has performed at the Rheingau Musik Festival, which she follows later this summer with two performances at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and at the Edinburgh International Festival in chamber music concerts with oboist Albrecht Mayer.

Recent concerto debuts include with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Deutsches-Symphonie Orchester Berlin, and a tour with Kyiv Symphony including appearances at Berliner Philharmonie, Gewandhaus Leipzig and Konzerthaus Berlin.

She released her debut album Strangers in PARadISe on Warner Classics in 2020. in 2022, Tishchenko took part in the environmental project The uncertain Four Seasons where she performed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with European Union Youth Orchestra live on ARTE. The performance was streamed worldwide and won Best Filmed Concert 2022 at the Prague Film Festival. It has subsequently been broadcast at the European Parliament and the UNESCO headquarters.

Tishchenko plays a 17th century Stradivari violin.

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