In this episode Yelena talks about her upbringing in Armenia and her career as a violinist that started at a very early age and took her all around the globe to play music halls. Her family later uprooted and started a new life in the USA, which took her to study at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music and join the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Since she moved to France, Yelena successfully runs a blog where she offers tours to take you to insider spots all around Paris and most recently focusses on the impact of classical music on our wellbeing. (Hint: you’ll find one of her violin solo’s in this episode)

Listen to the episode to find out more about what it takes at an audition, what it looks like to live record for Hollywood movie studios and how her love story with Paris made her move across the Atlantic.