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Karolina Protsenko
Born (2008-10-03) October 3, 2008 (age 16)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Genres
Occupation
  • Violinist
Instrument
  • Violin
Websitekarolinaprotsenko.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2016–
GenreMusic
Subscribers8.3 million (2024)[1]
Total views1.9 billion (2024)[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers2012

Last updated: June 29, 2022

Karolina Protsenko (born October 3, 2008) is a violinist performing contemporary pop music in the United States. She is notable for her recorded street performance of music, primarily at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California.

Biography

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Karolina Protsenko was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her parents Nikolay Protsenko and Ella Protsenko play the guitar and piano, respectively. In 2015, when Karolina was six years old, her family moved to California.

Protsenko began playing the violin in 2014, having received lessons, and mainly performs violin versions of contemporary pop songs.[2]

In 2017 the family started doing live performances on on the streets of Santa Monica, California, primarily within Third Street Promenade.

In 2019, Protsenko appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show [3].

Protsenko has collaborated with other artists and YouTubers: Angelica Hale, Allie Sherlock, Daniele Vitale, Albert Stanaj, Dang Matt Smith, and Барвина, playing violin, singing, and vlogging.[citation needed]

On March 4, 2022, Protsenko appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show, performing a duet of "Guardian" with Lindsey Stirling.[4].

In November 2023, Protsenko made her orchestral debut with Orchestra Nova LA.[5]

In January 2024, Protsenko, accompanied by pianist Hsin-I Huang performed Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto to open a Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra masterclass held at Colburn School, followed by an interview with Jennifer Koh.[6]

Discography

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  • My Dream (album) (2018)
  • FLY (album) (2018)
  • Sunflower (album) (2019)
  • Sky (album) (2019)
  • Finally Together (album) (2022)

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Karolina Protsenko Violin". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Karolina Protsenko A Young Violin Prodigy". Music Man. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ Karolina's Appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "Appearance of Karolina Protsenko on the Kelly Clarkson show on the March 4, 2022". NBC.
  5. ^ Nagle, Fiona (2023-11-13). "Orchestra Nova LA Wows at its Premiere Concert". Arts. Culver City Crossroads. Retrieved 2024-04-24. The undisputed revelation and showstopper of the evening, though, was Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor and the orchestral debut of 15-year-old violin prodigy, Karolina Protsenko … a high school freshman and student at the Colburn music school in downtown Los Angeles, is known to millions of social media followers world-wide and has been playing publicly since before the age of ten. While much of her public focus is on contemporary music, her father noted that they believed "this was a great and important experience" for her to play classical and with orchestra.
  6. ^ Niles, Laurie (2024-01-15). "Violin Master Class with Jennifer Koh at Colburn". Violinist.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24. Koh talked a lot about musical decisions with with Karolina Protsenko, who began the master class with a poised and accurate performance of the first movement of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 with pianist Hsin-I Huang.
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