Aug. 4-11, 2024

Olga Smola

A versatile violinist, Olga Smola plays solo and ensemble performances in many different styles of music including classical, jazz, rock, country and electronic music as a violin DJ.


Olga Smola was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia and took her first violin lessons at the age of six. She graduated with honors from the Moscow State Conservatory in 2004, and finished her PhD at the Moscow Conservatory in 2012.

 

Since then, music has taken Smola around the world. Her solo touring credits include concerts in Monaco, Spain, Belgium, Croatia, France, England, Azerbaijan, the United States, and throughout the Russian Federation.

 

Since August 2016, Smola has served as a professor of music at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where she also serves as the music director, Russian culture consultant, composer and violinist for the Ollie Webb’s Center.