Ilia Korol, violin

Concertmaster, Ilia Korol, hails from Kiev and studied violin under Abraham Stern and Marina Iashvili at Moscow's Music Academy.  Since 1997 he has lived in Austria where he performs regularly with Wiener Akademie and Martin Haselböck. In recognition of his artistic achievements he received Austrian citizenship in 2001. He has performed as concertmaster of the Musica Antiqua Köln filling in for the famous Baroque violinst Reinhardt Goebel on their tour of the United States, which included a performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.  He has also performed with The Bach Ensemble with Joshua Rifkin, the Spanish Baroque Orchestra RCOC and is member of the ensemble Ars Antiqua Austria and the Clemencic Consort.  He has performed in many important festivals and concert halls in the United States including the Boston Early Music Festival, Carnegie Hall, Berkeley Festival, and Salt Lake City. Ilia Korol has also been featured on numerous CD recordings.