Lydia Kavina

Lydia Evgenevna Kavina (Russian: Лидия Евгеньевна Кавина; born 8 September 1967) is a British-Russian theremin player, based in Oxfordshire, UK. The granddaughter of Léon Theremin's first cousin, Soviet anthropologist and primatologist Mikhail Nesturkh, Kavina was born in Moscow and began studying the instrument under the direction of Léon Theremin when she was nine years old. Five years later, she gave her first theremin concert, which marked the beginning of a musical career that has led to numerous concert, theatre, radio and television performances around the world. Kavina has appeared as a solo performer at such prestigious venues as the Royal Albert Hall in London, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Bolshoi Zal (Great Hall) of the Moscow Conservatory, Moscow International Art Centre with National Philharmonic of Russia under Vladimir Spivakov and Bellevue Palace in Berlin, the residence of the German President. She has also performed at leading festivals, including Caramoor with the Orchestra St.