A B O U T
Ukrainian flutist Olha Stukalova currently serves as Deputy Principal Flutist at Stadttheater Klagenfurt starting season 2026/27 and is Principal Flutist of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra under the direction of Keri-Lynn Wilson. She is based in Vienna, where she is continuing her studies with Univ. Prof. Walter Auer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She has recently finished her Artist in Residence program at the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin, where she worked together with Emmanuel Pahud and Leonid Grudin.
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.
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, Piccolist 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.
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, Tonkünstler Orchester Wien and Hauptstadt Symphonie Orchester, under conductors such as Wayne Marshall OBE, Vitali Alekseenok, Oscar Jockel, Michael Balke, Raphael Haeger, Gordon Hamilton, and Thomas Hennig.
Her studies and projects have also been supported by The Pavel Kushnir Scholarship, the Yamaha Music Gulf FZE Scholarship, the Kyiv City Administration, and the Michael Blatow Foundation.