Kristīne Balanas (born May 8, 1990)[1][2] is a Latvian violinist who is a laureate of many international violin competitions.
[4] She later attended the Emīls Dārziņš Specialist Music School and studied with Romans Šnē.
[4] Balanas studied with Professor György Pauk at the Royal Academy of Music in London for her undergraduate degree, and graduated with a Master of Arts in 2014.
[4] The Guardian's Joe Staines ranked Balanas as the best violinist at the Bishopsgate Institute's 2009 J&A Beare Solo Bach competition, characterising her performance as "outstanding" and "wonderful.
[8] Balanas released a music video in April 2018, of her performing Ysaÿe's "Obsession" from his Second Violin Sonata,[9] and including her "dressing up as a violin-hurling femme fatale surrounded by ballet dancers," according to The Strad.