Lidija Peno-Kelly
violin
Lidija Peno-Kelly, violinist, was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and received her first violin lesson at age five. As a young violinist, Lidija won five first prizes at national-level competitions. She studied simultaneously at the Academy of Music in Novi Sad (BM, MM) and at the Academia Internazionale di Musica a Portogruaro in Venice, Italy (Performance Diploma). Further studies were completed at the Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium in Munich, Germany (Post Diploma), and the Boston Conservatory of Music (Performance Diploma). Lidija’s teachers include Pavel Vernikov, Ilya Grubert, Martin Albrecht Rohde, G. Jislin, Lynn Cheng, and Tamara Smirnova. Lidija has worked with the Trio Tchaikovsky and has performed as soloist with the Belgrade Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Dubrovnik Philharmonic, and La Picolla Symfonia di Venezia. She was also a member of the Gäertnerplatz Theater Orchestra in Munich. Solo performances include various large and chamber ensembles in Belgrade, Dubrovnik, Moscow, Venice, Milan, Munich, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Chicago, San Francisco, Bordeaux, Madrid, Bilbao, and others. Mrs. Peno-Kelly has also recorded for the Yugoslavian National Radio, Rai Uno, Italy, ARD, and ZDF – Germany, Paris – CD recording. Currently she is playing with the Portland Symphony Orchestra, PORTopera, New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.