Kristína was born in Bojnice, Slovakia and began studying cello at the Žilina Conservatoire, before continuing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. In 2010 she started her bachelor studies at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London with Richard Markson and finished her studies with the First Class Honours Bachelors degree.
In 2014 she completed Master Konzert at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste with Raphael Wallfisch and in 2018 Master Pädagogik with Roel Dieltiens.
Kristína won several awards and competitions both in native Slovakia and around the world. That includes first place in the competition of the Slovak Conservatoires, the Slavic Music Festival in Moscow and winner of the Central European Foundation Programme Talents of the New Europe, she was the winner of the Vivian Joseph Classical Concerto Competition held in London. Kristína was awarded a place at the London Symphony Orchestra string scheme. In 2016 Kristína won a two year loan of 2005 Seidl Cello from the Sinfonima Stifftung Mannheim.
Since 2016 till 2018 Kristína was an academist with the Balthasar Neumann Choir and Ensemble under the leadership of Thomas Hengelbrock.
Kristínas extensive concert experience has taken her throughout Europe, Asia and Cuba. She has given concerts as soloist with the Slovak Philharmony, Archi di Slovakia, Tallinn State Philharomony, Slovak State Philharmony Košice, Trinity Laban Baroque Orchestra, Shounan Yuouth Orchestra Japan, and Sinfonietta Žilina. Kristína participated at various masterclasses with teachers like Arvids Tareila, Dmitri Ferschtmann, Ľudovít Kanta, Alexander Ivashkin, Reinhard Latzko, Boris Adrianov, Natalie Klein, masterclasses at the prestigious Kronberg Academy and Wiener Meisterkurse.
Currently Kristina is playing a beautiful cello kindly given to her by Annie Singer.
Baroque
Kristína is very passionate about the historical informed performance practice. She works with baroque ensemles like Il Pomo d`Oro, Solamente Naturali baroque orchestra, Basel Kammerorchester, Zürcher Barock Orchester.
Kristína began to play the baroque cello during her studies at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance under the tuition of Sue Sheppard, the principal cellist of Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
During this time she had the opportunity to work with musicians such as Walter Reiter, Stephen Devine, Dan Laurin, Becky Miles, James Johnstone, and as a continuo and soloist in the Handel s opera Rinaldo with Nicolas Kraemer. Her collaboration with Richard Tanner led to the performance in the St. Martin in the Fields.
She appeared as a soloist with the Trinity Laban Baroque orchestra performing Vivaldi cello RV 416 at the London Handel Festival and she won the 2nd prize at the Trinity Laban Early Music Competition what led her to the giving a recital at the Greenwich International Early Music Festival 2012.
Kristína as a member of the Amade Players orchestra in September 2014 Kristina recorded album Forgotten Vienna in St. Johns Smith Square in London.
In the last years Kristína had the opportunity to learn from outstanding musicians like Jordi Savall ( masterclass at the Cello Bienale in Amsterdam), Roel Dieltiens, Thomas Hengelbrock, Martin Zeller, Christoph Dangel, Felix Knecht, Daniel Rowland, Leila Schayegh, Daniel Sepec and Davide Vittone.
Kristína has proved herself as an outsanding contiuo player and is often invited by various ensebles like Solamente Naturali, Ensemble Ripieno, Musique de Lumieres, etc.