Known for her expressive musicianship and compelling performances, flautist Anna Kondrashina enjoys a varied international career spanning solo, orchestral, chamber music and historical performance. A prizewinner of the prestigious Kobe International Flute Competition in Japan and the Nicolet International Flute Competition in China, she is also a recipient of the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Silver Medal.

Anna’s international career has seen her appear as a soloist with the Buchmann-Mehta Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta and with the Kobe City Chamber Orchestra. In the UK, she is a sought-after orchestral musician, frequently performing as principal flute with the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Her orchestral career has been shaped by several notable appointments, beginning with the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Foyle Future Firsts Development Programme, followed by the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Instrumental Fellowship Programme the following year. She was subsequently appointed Associate Flute of the Philharmonia for the 2021–23 season.

Her performances have taken her to some of the world’s most celebrated venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York, Musikverein in Vienna, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, National Gallery in London and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. She has collaborated with distinguished musicians such as Trevor Pinnock, Rachel Podger and Denis Bouriakov, while her commitment to contemporary music has led to new works being written for her by composers Noah Max and Paul Henley, which she premiered in the UK.

Chamber music holds a special place in Anna’s musical life. A sensitive and versatile performer, she regularly appears with the UK-based Ensemble 360. Her longstanding collaboration with pianist and composer Pavel Timofeyevsky has developed into Rewired Music, a project devoted to reimagining works for flute and piano. Together, they have created, performed and published a collection of original arrangements, which also form the basis of their album of the same name.

Equally passionate about historical performance, Anna is a founding member of the baroque ensemble Musica Aurora, with which she has toured Russia and Germany. She regularly performs with leading period-instrument ensembles, including Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The English Concert and Vache Baroque, appearing at festivals such as the Utrecht Early Music Festival and MA Festival Brugge. Her work in this field has also included performances in the Kohn Foundation Bach Cantatas Series at the Royal Academy of Music.

Born in Moscow into a family of musicians, Anna is the granddaughter of the celebrated Russian conductor Kirill Kondrashin. She began her musical education at the Gnessin School of Music before continuing her studies with Olga Ivusheikova at the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory. She subsequently studied with Yossi Arnheim at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv, where she received an Artist’s Diploma and was awarded the Adler-Buchmann Scholarship. Her studies later brought her to London, where she was awarded a full-fee scholarship to pursue a Master of Arts in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with William Bennett and further developing her interest in historical performance under the guidance of baroque flautist Lisa Beznosiuk.

Now based in London, Anna enjoys a varied international career spanning solo, orchestral and chamber music, alongside her work in historical performance. She has been an Altus Flutes artist since 2020 and performs on a gold-plated Altus 1207 flute.

Drawing on her international training and performing experience, Anna is equally passionate about sharing her knowledge with the next generation of musicians. She teaches at the London College of Music, University of West London, and the Rachmaninoff Music Academy, and gave masterclasses in Germany, Singapore and China. In 2018, she taught as an assistant teacher at the William Bennett Summer School. Anna is also actively involved in educational outreach through the Philharmonia Orchestra, Worshipful Company of Musicians and Vache Baroque, co-leading workshops in schools across the UK, including those supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).