Eva Bindere

The award-winning Latvian violinist Eva Bindere comes from a well-known family of musicians.

During her musical studies in Riga, Ms Bindere was awarded a scholarship to study in Dallas with Eduard Schmieder and later on in City of Basel Music Academy in Switzerland where she studied with Raphael Oleg, as well as with Hatto Beyerle and Valther Levin in their renowned chamber music course. But undoubtedly the greatest mentor and artistic influence in the young musician’s life has been the great violinist Gidon Kremer.

In 1997, when Gidon Kremer founded Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra, Ms Bindere became its first concertmaster and led the orchestra for fifteen years. With Kremerata, she traveled around the world, regularly performing as a soloist and duo partner with Gidon Kremer. Disc “After Mozart” where Ms Bindere is also a soloist received a Grammy award. She also performed in string quartet “Euphonia” together with her Kremerata colleagues.

Ms Bindere has been the guest leader of Sinfonietta Riga, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Sudwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, Sinfonietta Basel and East West Chamber Orchestra. She has also led Kammerorchester Basel, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Camerata Bern and Moscow Soloists in collaboration projects.

Ms Bindere has special affinity for chamber music making and has performed in partnership with Yo-Yo Ma, Khatia Buniatishvili, Yuri Bashmet, Pierre Amoyal, Renaud Capucon, Hagen Quartet, Boris Garlitsky, Antoine Tamestit, Maxim Rysanov, Gerard Causse, Wolfram Christ, Alois Posch, Gautier Capucon, Mario Brunello, Boris Pergamenshikov, Katia Skanavi, Leif Ove Andsnes, Martin Stadtfeld, Alexander Melnikov and Martin Helmchen.

Inspiring music-making with two fellow Latvians has grown into an established ensemble, Trio Palladio, with Kristīna Blaumane, the first cello of the London Philharmonic orchestra, and Reinis Zariņš, one of the leading Latvian pianists. Their Wigmore Hall debut was described as “excellent” by The Times, and their first album featuring works for piano trio by the renowned Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks (Ondine) was chosen by Gramophone magazine as Editor’s Choice.

Ms Bindere's recording of Latvian composer Tālivaldis Ķeniņš's Violin Concerto (Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andris Poga) received great reviews and three Opus Klassik nominations in 2020. 

Since 2008, Ms Bindere teaches in Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music and since 2020 has a violin class in Accademia Perosi Biella, Italy. She also juries international competitions and gives regular masterclasses in Livorno Festival, Lake Garda Festival, Chieti Classica and Järvi String Academy.

In March 2017, Ms Bindere was honoured with the Latvian Grand Music Award, the highest state recognition in the field of music.

Ms Bindere plays a 1751 Ferdinando Landolfi violin, kindly lent by Fondazione ProCanale Milano.