Ilvina Gabrielian comes from her home country of Russia. After earning a Specialist’s Diploma degree at the Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, where she studied with the violin professor, Alexander Stang, Ilvina came to the United States to further her education. She was a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Kansas, where she studied with the violin professor, David Colwell, and earned her Master’s and Doctoral degrees in violin performance. Two years later, Ilvina earned an Artist’s Certificate degree at the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory, where she studied with the violin professor, Benny Kim, and held a Concertmaster Fellowship position.

Throughout her studies, Ilvina participated in solo and chamber masterclasses with
such outstanding musicians as Gil Shaham, Zlatomir Fung, Stefan Jackiw, Frank Huang, Michael Stern, Stephanie Chase, Benjamin Beilman, and Jun Iwasaki. As an active musician, Ilvina has performed solo and chamber works in many venues within the United States and abroad and participated in various music festivals including Kent Blossom Music Festival in Ohio, Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine, Heartland
Chamber Music Festival in Kansas, Firefly Music Festival in Missouri, and Muzikale
Oktober Best in the Netherlands.

In addition to being a dedicated solo and chamber musician, Ilvina regularly performs with the Kansas City Symphony, Missouri Symphony Orchestra, and Park ICM Orchestra as an orchestral musician.

After her graduation in May 2026, Ilvina moved to Fort Smith, AR, to pursue a teaching career and join the faculty of Community School of the Arts.