Violinist Bogdana Pivnenko is head of violin at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, where she studied with Bohodar Kotorovych. She is a laureate of competitions including the Interpreters Performers Competition (Moldova) and IBLA Competition (Sicily).
As a soloist she has appeared with leading Ukrainian orchestras and presented Ukrainian music at venues including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and Palau de la Música Catalana, and several festivals.
She has premiered works by contemporary Ukrainian composers and performed Valentin Silvestrov’s Melodies of the Moments with the composer. She is the author of the Anthology of Contemporary Ukrainian Music and is the People’s Artist of Ukraine.