About
Ekaterina Kornishina-Braunfeld is a flutist and teacher based in Europe.
She performs as a soloist and chamber musician, collaborating with distinguished musicians and conductors. Alongside her concert activity, she develops original artistic projects and is active in teaching and performance coaching.
Biography
Early training
Ekaterina began studying music at the age of four and was a member of the Children’s Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre.
Education
She later entered the Central Music School of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where she studied with Professor Yuri Dolzhikov, and continued her education at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under Professor Alexander Golyshev.
She subsequently studied at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid in the class of Jacques Zoon.
Her artistic development was further shaped through masterclasses with leading flutists, including Emmanuel Pahud, Felix Renggli, Philippe Bernold, Sophie Cherrier, Andrea Lieberknecht, Kersten McCall, Vicens Prats, Jaime Martin, Vincent Lucas, Davide Formisano, and Shigenori Kudo, as well as chamber music masterclasses with Wenzel Fuchs (clarinet), Hansjörg Schellenberger (oboe), Alexander Bonduryansky (piano), and Marta Gulyás (piano).
Early career
Since the age of eleven, Ekaterina has appeared as a soloist at international festivals.
At fifteen, she made her debut at the Musikverein in Vienna (Brahms-Saal), performing Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp.
Between 2011 and 2016, she was a regular participant of the International Summer Academy (ISA) of the Vienna Conservatory, and in 2019 she was selected for the Järvi Academy.
Orchestral and international activity
At the age of eighteen, she was invited by Vladimir Spivakov to join the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia as co-principal flute.
She has also performed as a guest principal flute with orchestras across Europe.
As a soloist, she has appeared with orchestras including the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia (Evgeny Svetlanov), the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra , the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the Moscow Virtuosi, and the Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra.
Chamber music and collaborations
As a soloist, she has collaborated with conductors such as Vladimir Fedoseev, Vladimir Spivakov, Michel Repper, Antony Hermes, and Alexander Sladkovsky, and has performed as a chamber musician alongside Andrey Baranov (violin), Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Boris Andrianov (cello), Dwight Perry (oboe), Yaoguang Zhai (clarinet), Petr Laul (piano), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nikita Borisoglebsky (violin), Arkady Shilkloper (horn), Edgar Moreau (cello), Dmitry Illarionov (guitar), and Artyom Dervoed (guitar).
Recordings and media
In 2014, she recorded Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 with Vladimir Spivakov and the Moscow Virtuosi.
In 2020, she released an album of her own transcriptions of works by Sergei Rachmaninoff for flute and piano on the Melodiya label. The album entered the Top Chart following its presentation on Radio France.
Contemporary music
Kornishina is also active in the field of contemporary music. Works have been dedicated to her by both established and emerging composers, including Mathias Duplessy, who wrote Bird in the City for her and guitarist Dmitry Illarionov, and Artyom Romodanov, who composed 6/3 for flute and string quintet.
Commissioned by her, the renowned jazz pianist and composer Mikhail Ivanov created the “Venetian Suite” for solo flute, cello, and jazz ensemble, combining Baroque form with jazz rhythm and elements of blues.
Pedagogy and research
Alongside her performance career, she obtained a qualification in counselling psychology, completing a diploma thesis entitled “The Influence of Mass Culture on the Unconscious Regulation of Human Behaviour.”
She is the founder of BusyMozart, an international educational project bringing together participants from more than 36 countries and integrating methods of sports psychology into musical training.
As a teacher, Ekaterina prepares students for admission to leading conservatoires, with a particular emphasis on artistic independence, creativity, and performance confidence.
In 2025, at the 20th anniversary of the Stellenbosch Chamber Music Festival (South Africa), she donated a bassoon to a young local student in cooperation with the festival’s director, Nina Schumann.
Current activity
Ekaterina is currently focused on her own artistic projects, teaching, and chamber music, and is developing several initiatives, including a new music festival, an experimental recording project, and an international series of masterclasses.
Original Programmes
A series of original concert programmes conceived and curated by Ekaterina. In each project, she combines performance with live commentary, acting both as performer and presenter.
Each programme can be presented in different formats depending on the venue and audience.
The Flute as Protagonist: From Bach to the 21st Century
Lecture-concert
A programme built around works that are widely known and frequently performed, yet rarely reconsidered in the context of their time. Through music by composers such as J.S. Bach, Mozart, Debussy and others, the programme offers a perspective on the history of classical music through a different protagonist — the flute.
Hidden Narratives: Stories Behind the Music
Lecture-concert
A programme focused on the human dimension behind classical music — relationships, personal choices, and circumstances that shape the works we hear. Through music by composers such as Schumann, Ravel, Shostakovich and others, the programme explores how experiences of love, friendship and work are reflected in musical language.
Birdsongs: Nature in Music
Lecture-concert
A programme exploring how composers transform natural sound into musical language. Through works by composers such as Messiaen, Villa-Lobos and others, the programme focuses on music as a form of observation and interpretation of nature.
Folk Roots in Classical Music
Lecture-concert
A programme examining folk music as a foundation of classical language. Through works by composers such as Bartók, Dvořák, Enescu and others, the programme explores how rhythm, ornamentation and structure originate in traditional music and shape concert repertoire.
Teaching & Masterclasses
Flute Lessons
Individual lessons. Focus on:
- preparation for competitions and auditions
- entrance exams to conservatories and higher education
Performance Coaching
Open to musicians of all instruments. Focus on:
- artistic development
- managing performance anxiety
- memorisation and stage presence
- maintaining control and concentration under pressure
Repertoire
Concertos / Orchestra
- W. A. Mozart — Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K.299
- W. A. Mozart — Concerto in D major, K.314
- P. Benoit — Concerto “Symphonic Tale”, Op. 43a
- C. Reinecke — Concerto in D major, Op. 283
- C. Reinecke — Ballade for Flute and Orchestra
- S. Mercadante — Concerto in E minor
- A. Vivaldi — Concerto “Il Gardellino”, RV 428
- J. Haydn — Concerto for Flute
- M. Weinberg — Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
- F. Borne / G. Bizet — Carmen Fantasy
- J. S. Bach — Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
- J. S. Bach — Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047
- J. S. Bach — Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Chamber Music
Flute & Piano
- F. Schubert — Trockne Blumen (Introduction and Variations, D. 802)
- F. Poulenc — Sonata for Flute and Piano
- S. Prokofiev — Sonata in D major, Op. 94
- C. Reinecke — Sonata “Undine”, Op. 167
- P. Hindemith — Sonata for Flute and Piano
- L. Liebermann — Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 23
- C.-M. Widor — Suite for Flute and Piano, Op. 34
- A. Jolivet — Chant de Linos
- P. Sancan — Sonatine
- O. Taktakishvili — Sonata
- J. N. Hummel — Sonata for Flute and Piano
- P. Juon — Sonata for Flute and Piano
Flute, Cello & Piano
- L. van Beethoven — Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11
- C. M. von Weber — Trio in E-flat major, Op. 63
- P. Gaubert — Trois Aquarelles
- N. Rota — Trio for Flute, Violin (or Cello) and Piano
- N. Kapustin — Trio, Op. 86
- G. Sollima — Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano
- J. Haydn — Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano
- J. N. Hummel — Adagio, Variations and Rondo
Flute Quartets
- W. A. Mozart — Flute Quartet in D major, K.285
- W. A. Mozart — Flute Quartet in G major, K.285a
- W. A. Mozart — Flute Quartet in C major, K.285b
- W. A. Mozart — Flute Quartet in A major, K.298
Flute & Guitar
- A. Piazzolla — Histoire du Tango
- M. Duplessy — “Bird in the City”
- Ravi Shankar — L’aube enchantée sur le Raga Todi
Contact
For concert bookings, artistic collaborations, and masterclasses:
Daniel Lefèvre
daniel.lefevre.management@gmail.com
For flute lessons and performance coaching:
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