1. Baiba Skride was born on 19 February 1981 and is a Latvian classical violinist.
10 Facts About Baiba Skride
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Baiba Skride was the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Contest in 2001.
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Baiba Skride comes from a very musical Latvian family: her love of music comes from her grandmother who taught her and her two sisters to sing.
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Baiba Skride's father was a famous choral conductor, and her mother plays the piano.
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Baiba Skride has taken masterclasses with Ruggiero Ricci and Lewis Kaplan.
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Baiba Skride previously played the Stradivarius "Wilhelmj" violin, which was on loan to her from the Nippon Music Foundation, and then the "Ex Baron Feilitzsch" Stradivarius violin, which was loaned to her from Gidon Kremer.
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Baiba Skride now plays the Yfrah Neaman Stradivarius loaned to her by the Neaman family through the Beares International Violin Society.
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Baiba Skride's sisters are Lauma Skride, a pianist, and Linda Skride who plays viola.
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Until 2008, Baiba Skride was under an exclusive contract with Sony.
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Baiba Skride took the place of Hilary Hahn, who had switched to Deutsche Grammophon.