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Ukrainian flutist Olha Stukalova has completed her Artist in Residence program at the prestigious
Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin in 2024, being coached by Emmanuel Pahud and Claudia
Stein. Since October 2025, she has been continuing her studies at the University of Music and
Performing Arts Vienna in the class of Univ. Prof. Walter Auer, Solo Flutist of the Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra, at the same time being supported by The Pavel Kushnir Scholarship and
serving as a Substitute Flutist with the Tonkünstler-Orchestra. From 2026, she serves as Solo Flutist of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra under the direction of Keri-Lynn Wilson.
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At the age of 22, Olha was appointed Principal Flutist of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra by its General
Music Director Luigi Gaggero. She held this position until August 2023, performing at internationally
renowned festivals such as the Grafenegg Festival and the Canary Islands Music Festival. In February
2024, she appeared as a soloist with the orchestra, performing Mozart’s Concerto in D major for
Flute at the Warsaw Philharmonic.
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Olha began her musical journey in Kyiv, studying with Anna Kuzmenko before completing her
intermediate studies at the R. Gliere Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music. Since 2019, she has received
flute and piccolo guidance from Leonid Grudin, Solo Piccolo of the Berlin State Opera, and continued
her education during a year at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, where she studied
with Univ. Prof. Matthieu Gauci-Ancelin.
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In addition to her orchestral career, Olha is deeply engaged in chamber music. She is the co-founder
of the Mondestrunken Ensemble, dedicated to innovative symphonic arrangements, and has
appeared in chamber projects at various European venues. In 2023, she shared the stage with
Emmanuel Pahud at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, performing W.F.C. Bach’s Duet No. 4 in F major.
Olha has also performed with the Karajan Akademie of the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsches
Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO Berlin), Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Berlin and Hauptstadt
Symphonie Orchester, under conductors such as Wayne Marshall OBE, Vitali Alekseenok, Oscar
Jockel, Michael Balke, Raphael Haeger, Gordon Hamilton, and Thomas Hennig.
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Her studies and projects have also been supported by the Yamaha Music Gulf FZE Scholarship, the
Kyiv City Administration, and the Michael Blatow Foundation.