Karolina Protsenko
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Karolina Protsenko ({{Langx|uk|Кароліна Миколаївна Проценко|Karolina Mykolayivna Protsenko}}; born October 3, 2008) is a Ukrainian-born violinist performing contemporary pop music in the United States. She is an internet celebrity, and recorded street performance of music, primarily at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California.
Biography
Karolina Protsenko was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her parents Nikolay Protsenko and Ella Protsenko play the guitar and piano, respectively. In 2015, when Karolina was six years old, her family moved to California.
Protsenko began playing the violin in 2014, having received lessons, and mainly performs violin versions of contemporary pop songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.themusicman.uk/karolina-protsenko/|title=Karolina Protsenko A Young Violin Prodigy|work=Music Man|date=28 March 2019 |access-date=11 July 2022}}
In 2017 the family started doing live performances on the streets of Santa Monica, California, primarily within Third Street Promenade. In 2021 Classic FM noted a video of Protsenko and her pianist mother performing an arrangment of Ludovico Einaudi{{'s}} "Experience", and reported that "Her spirited string-filled renditions of classical favourites and pop songs have earned her upwards of 800 million views."{{cite web |last1=Macdonald |first1=Kyle |title=13-year-old violinist performs stunning Ludovico Einaudi duet with her mother |url=https://www.classicfm.com/composers/einaudi/child-violin-piano-duet/ |website=Classic FM |access-date=31 December 2024 |language=en |date=28 October 2021}}
In 2019, Protsenko appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-LsGmjpa_I|title=Karolina's Appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 3, 2019}}
Protsenko has collaborated with other artists and YouTubers: Angelica Hale, Allie Sherlock, Daniele Vitale, Albert Stanaj, Dang Matt Smith, and {{ill|Barvina|ru|Барвина}}, playing violin, singing, and vlogging.{{cn|date=January 2025}}
On March 4, 2022, Protsenko appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show, performing a duet of "Guardian" with Lindsey Stirling.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbc.com/the-kelly-clarkson-show/video/lindsey-stirling-surprises-13-year-old-violin-prodigy-karolina-protsenko/551109870|title=Appearance of Karolina Protsenko on the Kelly Clarkson show on the March 4, 2022|publisher=NBC}}
In November 2023, Protsenko made her orchestral debut with Orchestra Nova LA.{{cite news|url=https://culvercitycrossroads.com/2023/11/13/orchestra-nova-la-wows-at-its-premiere-concert/|title=Orchestra Nova LA Wows at its Premiere Concert|first=Fiona|last=Nagle|department=Arts|work=Culver City Crossroads|date=2023-11-13|access-date=2024-04-24|quote=The undisputed revelation and showstopper of the evening, though, was Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor and the orchestral debut of 15-year-old violin prodigy, Karolina Protsenko … a high school freshman and student at the Colburn music school in downtown Los Angeles, is known to millions of social media followers world-wide and has been playing publicly since before the age of ten. While much of her public focus is on contemporary music, her father noted that they believed "this was a great and important experience" for her to play classical and with orchestra.}}
In January 2024, Protsenko, accompanied by pianist Hsin-I Huang, performed Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto to open a Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra masterclass held at Colburn School, followed by an interview with Jennifer Koh.{{cite web|url=https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20241/29862/|title=Violin Master Class with Jennifer Koh at Colburn|date=2024-01-15|first=Laurie|last=Niles|access-date=2024-04-24|work=Violinist.com|quote= Koh talked a lot about musical decisions with Karolina Protsenko, who began the master class with a poised and accurate performance of the first movement of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 with pianist Hsin-I Huang.}}
In November 2024, the Christian website Crosswalk.com reposted an article from Godtube which described a video of Protsenko playing with Swedish teenager Oscar Stembridge as "a beautiful cover" of "Stand by Me", and called her "a wunderkind on the violin".{{cite web |title=2 Teens on the Street Perform Amazing 'Stand By Me' Duet |url=https://www.crosswalk.com/video/2-teens-on-the-street-perform-amazing-stand-by-me-duet.html |website=Crosswalk.com |access-date=31 December 2024 |language=en |date=5 November 2024}}
Discography
= Albums =
- My Dream (2018)
- FLY (2018)
- Sunflower (2019)
- Sky (2019)
- Finally Together (2022)
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://karolinaprotsenko.com/}}
- {{YouTube|custom=KarolinaProtsenkoViolin |Karolina Protsenko Violin}}
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Category:21st-century Ukrainian musicians
Category:21st-century Ukrainian women musicians
Category:21st-century violinists
Category:Ukrainian women violinists