​Elina Faskhi is supported by an anonymous donor
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Elina was born in Ufa, Russia in 1990. She graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 2014, postgraduate in 2016. Before moving to Melbourne in 2020 she worked at the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia and was a member of Hyogo Performing Arts Center. She is the winner and laureate of many international cello and chamber music competitions in Russia, Europe and Japan.