Marina Belova is a Russian lutenist. Her repertoire includes compositions for the Renaissance and Baroque lute of the XVI-XVIII centuries, as well as the music for the theorbo and the baroque guitar. As a guest musician, she performs with various ensembles, such as "Gnessin Baroque", "Alta Capella", "Pratum Integrum", "Questa Musica", "Musica Viva", "La Voce Strumentale" and others.
In 2019 Marina became the winner of the only lutenist competition in the world "Maurizio Pratola" (Italy, Aquila).
She studied under Andrey Chernyshov, together with whom she became the founder and teacher in the "First Lute School".
In 2023 she graduated from the Verona Conservatory with professor Franco Pavan.
She leads the "Traditions of performing Baroque music" course at the Kosygin Russian State University, Institute "Maimonides Academy" (Moscow), and the "Related instruments" course at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory's Academic Music School.
Nice performance and beautiful instrument. What are the string lenghts of your liuto attiorbato? Which strings do you use? Thanks and greetings from Germany.
I'm arriving quite late at the party, but I have to say that I love how Couperin sounds on theorbo. And your playing is magnificently expressive. Not my sense of how Couperin should be played, but nonetheless lovely.
Even if I had wanted to, I couldn't take my eyes (and ears) off this incomparable, captivating musicality for a second. A very very special example of "devotion to music". THANK YOU FOR THIS ! ...🥰...