Violinist Anna Urpina, an emerging phenomenon on the European Early Music scene, has been praised by The Strad Magazine as an “artist of great aplomb.” She is acclaimed for her important and personal interpretations of repertoire ranging from the 17th century to the 21st. A direct disciple of the great violinist Enrico Onofri, Urpina has performed at numerous festivals across England, Norway, Poland, and Spain as a soloist and with ensembles such as Age of Enlightenment Orchestra, Les Musiciens du Prince with Cecilia Bartoli, Vespres d’Arnadí, Freiburger Barockorchester, European Union Baroque Orchestra, and Ensemble Artaserse with Philippe Jaroussky.

Anna Urpina studied in Madrid, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Vartan Manoogian, at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels with Shirly Laub, and at the Hochschule für Musik Leipzig with Mariana Sirbu. She has studied with renowned teachers such as Paul Kantor, Eva Graubin, Mimi Zweig, Pinchas Zukerman, Gerard Claret, Natalie Boyarsky, Alexander Kerr, Masao Kawasaki, Serguei Fatkoulin, Latica Honda-Rosenberg, Stephan Picard, Vera Beths, among others. In Early Music, she has studied in Italy with Enrico Onofri and Fabio Biondi, in France with Gilles Colliard, and at ESMUC with Manfredo Kraemer and Emilio Moreno.

She has been concertmaster and soloist for JONC, JONDE, and a member of Gustav Mahler Jungendorchester, EUYO, and the Schleswig-Holstein Orchestra. She has performed at prestigious venues such as the Musikverein in Vienna, Konzerthaus Berlin, Philarmonie Berlin, Philarmonie Paris, Elbphilarmonie Hamburg, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Tonhalle Zurich, KKL Lucerne, Royal Albert Hall London, and has won numerous prizes, including Gold Prize at the World Classical Music Awards (UK) and Silver Medal at the Global Music Awards (California) in the categories of Best Instrumentalist and Best Emerging Artist (2023).

She has performed at prestigious festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, Madeline Island Music Camp, Kronberg Academy, Verbier Festival, FEMAS, FeMAP, Brighton Early Music Festival, Noches en los Jardines del Real Alcázar (Seville), Festival de Torroella de Montgrí, Utrecht Early Music Festival, Salzburg Festival, Bcn Clàssics, Fundación Juan March, and Carnegie Hall. She was artist-in-residence at the Ateneu Barcelonès (2013) and at Clàssica Jove of L’Atlàntida de Vic (2021). She has also performed for Prince Albert II of Monaco on the occasion of Monaco’s National Day. She plays a 2007 violin by David Bagué and a 2019 instrument by Eduard Sitjes.