Here’s a series of portraits to celebrate Alena’s incredible achievement as a musician this year. She passed the exam for ARSM diploma (Associate of the Royal Schools of Music).

Founded in 1889, ABRSM is the UK's largest music education body, one of its largest music publishers and the world's leading provider of music exams, holding over 650,000 assessments in more than 90 countries every year.

Alena worked very hard for months leading to the exam, training weekly with her wonderful violin teacher Lear Givelber and piano accompanist Donna Amato and finally the goal was achieved!

I should also mention the incredible sound of the violin that we got for Alena from an iconic stings instrument maker Philip Indian. It certainly helped with making the high quality recording for the exam!