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Elena Kim
Pianist
The Russian pianist Elena Kim studied at the Novosibirsk State Conservatory from 1997 to 2002, while also working as a pianist with the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. After her studies, she moved to St Petersburg, where she joined the renowned Mariinsky Ballet as a ballet pianist, a position she also held from 2016 to 2018 with Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich. She joined Dutch National Ballet in 2019.