Grammy nominated violinist Anastasia Khitruk has appeared as a soloist with orchestras and in recitals worldwide. Her talent was immediately recognized when she made her orchestral debut at the age of eight. Ms. Khitruk's playing is characterized by passion and intense musicality and she "radiates an inner force that galvanizes the performance and mesmerizes the listener."

Anastasia has appeared in recitals in Europe at such prestigious venues as the Salle Cortot (Paris), Sala Bulgaria and the National Center for Culture (NDK) (Sofia, Bulgaria), Opéra d'Avignon (France), Theatre du Cavaillon (France), Teatro Carlo Fenice (Genoa, Italy), Salons de Musique (Geneva, Switzerland), and the Royal Palace (Stockholm), ADMF (Abu Dhabi) and numerous appearances in Moscow and St. Petersburg (Russia). In the United States, she performed at Weill Hall, Aspen Music Tent (Colorado), Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Symphony Space, Merkin Concert Hall (New York City), and Bargemusic (Brooklyn), as well as numerous performances in Boston and Los Angeles.

Ms. Khitruk, a laureate of the "Premio Paganini," has been a soloist with internationally acclaimed orchestras including the Adelaide Symphony (Australia), the Sofia Symfonietta and the Burgas Philharmonic (Bulgaria), BDMG Orchestra, Belo Horizonte (Brazil), the Avignon Symphony (France), Orchestra della Fondazioni Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa (Italy), the Hermitage Orchestra (St. Petersburg), the Kazakh State Chamber Orchestra Academy Soloists (Kazakhstan), the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (Lithuania), the St. Petersburg Philharmonia and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Russia), the La Grange Symphony Orchestra, Georgia, the Auburn Symphony Orchestra, Alabama and the Fordham University Orchestra, New York (United States). She has also toured throughout France with the Seasons Orchestra (Russia). She has performed under the baton of renowned conductors such as Claude Bardon, Hannu Lintu, Svilen Semenov and Saulis Sondeskis.

Her numerous festival appearances include the Royal Palace Festival (Sweden), Telstra Adelaide Festival (Australia), Sofia Music Weeks (Bulgaria), Musicales du Luberon, Festival de Musique de Chambre les Musicimes à Courchevel (France), the Festival "Elba, Isola Musicale d'Europa" (Italy) "Sommet Musicaux" Festival in Gstaad (Switzerland), American Music Festival (Wroclaw, Poland), Aspen Festival, and Festival of Russian Culture in Los Angeles (United States).

Ms. Khitruk has collaborated in chamber music with an impressive list of renowned musicians, such as Alexandre Brussilovsky, Yuri Gandelsman, David Korevaar, Mark Peskanov, Francois Salque, Tatjana Vassiljeva, Volodymyr Vynnitsky, and Elizaveta Kopelman. She specializes in discovering and performing unknown and forgotten works, several of which have been featured on her debut CD "La Folia" (suoni e colori SC 253312) and the "Works of Ivan Khandoshkin" (Naxos CD 8.570028). She also performs works of Léon de Saint-Lubin and Nicolai Affonassiev and has committed herself to performing works of living composers such as David Winkler, Michael Colina, and Efrem Podgaitz. She has also premiered and collaborated in the creation of a new live music score accompanying the first Oscar winning silent film "Wings," from 1927 and recorded the Brahms Violin Sonatas with David Korevaar (Titanic 260).

Anastasia comes from a musical and artistic family. After immigrating to America, Ms. Khitruk continued the violin studies that she had begun at Moscow's Central Music School. She studied with Dora Schwartzberg, Zinaida Gilels, and Dorothy DeLay at Mannes College and The Juilliard School. Anastasia received her Grammy nomination for her recording of the Miklos Rozsa violin concerto under the baton of Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos8.570350).