Evelina Petrova

Evelina Petrova (; born 27 May 1974, in Kingisepp, Russia) is a Russian composer and accordion player. Life and career At the Queen Elizabeth Hall, I found myself listening open-mouthed to a Russian woman playing the piano accordion while making wordless vocal sounds into a microphone. Her name was Evelina Petrova and the sounds varied from whoops and bird-like twitterings to a kind of demented lamentation. God knows what it was all about, but it had me transfixed. Dave Gelly, THE GUARDIAN Evelina Petrova graduated from the Saint Petersburg Musical College and after that studied at Theater Academy in a class by titled “The Theater of Musical Improvisation”. She actively participated in all academic activities provided by Gayvoronsky. She began with ensemble performances and eventually joined Gayvoronsky in a duo. In 2002, Evelina graduated from Saint Petersburg State Conservatory with a classical accordionist degree. Since 1997, Evelina has been performing in duo with Gayvoronsky (trumpet). In October 1998 at the Firth International Astor Piazzolla Competition in Castelfidardo, Italy, the duo was awarded the special prize for original music style. In 1999, by vote of Russian music