Beata Antikainen studies in the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin with Prof. Claudio Bohorquez. Her previous teacher in Sibelius Academy has been Prof. Marko Ylönen. Beata is a prize winner of the international Anton Rubinstein competition and the Finnish National Turku Cello Competition. Antikainen is an active chamber musician and performs regularly in many festivals such as Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Helsinki Chamber Summer, Hauho Music Festival, Saimaa Music Festival, Sibafest, Avanti Summer Festival, Pyhäjärvi Chamber Music and Holland Music Sessions and Eloa Festival. She is also one of the two artistic directors of the Hvitträsk Chamber Music Festival. As a soloist she has played with such orchestras as the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Ensemble and Baden Baden Philharmonia. Beata has been a member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in 2010 and 2013. Since 2017 she is playing in the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. She has received scholarships from Pro Musica, Wegelius foundation and the Finnish Cultural Foundation. Beata plays a Luigi Bajoni -cello kindly loaned to her by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.

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