Draft:Anna Agafia Egholm

Anna Agafia Svideniouk Egholm (born June 18, 1996) is a Danish actress, figure skater, and violinist. She is best known for her role in the TV series Max, which aired on DR1 from 2007 to 2008, and its subsequent films Max Pinlig (2008), Max Pinlig 2 - Sidste (2011), and Max Pinlig 3 på Roskilde (2012). Additionally, she had a minor role in the film Oskar & Josefine (2005).

Anna Agafia Svideniouk Egholm has achieved first prizes at the Berlingske's Classical Music Competition and the "Distinction Award" at the American Protégé International Music Talent Competition in Fall 2013. She speaks four languages (Danish, Russian, English, and French) and has competed in figure skating at an elite level.

As a violinist, Anna has won competitions, including Øresunds Solist (2009 and 2016), the Jacob Gade Violin Competition, the Nordic Soloist Competition (2014), third prize at "Debut Berlin," and the Danish String Competition. In November 2017, she secured both the first prize and the audience award at the Concours International de Violon D'Avignon "Ginette Neveu". In 2019, she won the third prize at the Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition and first prize at the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition in Switzerland.

Anna has received scholarships and awards from organizations such as the Augustinus Foundation, Idella Foundation, Carl Nielsen Foundation, Van Hauen Prize, Leonie Sonning Talent Prize, Jacob Gade's Grand Grant, Copenhagen Summer Festival's Talent Prize, and the Gangsted Foundation. She also received the Bourse Culturelle Leenaards in 2019.

She has performed as a soloist with various Danish and European orchestras, including the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. In February 2018, she played Carl Nielsen's Violin Concerto with the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Anna has collaborated with musicians from the Berlin Philharmonic at the Vinterfestspill in Røros and has performed at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. In May 2018, she played in Kronberg alongside Gidon Kremer, Christian Tetzlaff, and Sir András Schiff at the Kronberg Academy’s festival Chamber Music Connects the World.

Anna studied her MGK and her Bachelor’s degree in Copenhagen at Royal Danish Academy of Music with professor Alexandre Zapolski and pursued her soloist master’s degree in Lausanne, Switzerland. Since September 2019, she has been attending the soloist class at the Royal Danish Academy of Music under Professor Tim Frederiksen.

Anna plays on a Guarneri del Gesú from 1730-33 named “The Sphinx”, generously loaned to her by an anonymous donor. Since September 2020, Anna is an Artist in Residence of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in the violin section, under the direction of Augustin Dumay.