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Dmitry Drobko was born in Riga, Latvia in 1992 and received his first music lessons at the age of 8 by Sandra Greenberg playing solo and ensemble repertoire, participating at competitions both solo and as a member of cello quartet. At the age of 16, he continued studying cello professionally in J.Medins School of Music and then in E.Darzins Music High School for gifted children with Agne Sprudza. After completing his studies in Latvia, Drobko went to Germany and attended the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Conservatory in Leipzig, continuing his studies later with Anatoly Nikitin and Aleksey Massarsky at the world renown N.Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in Saint Petersburg, Russia. While studying and living in Russia Dmitri played with various musicians both locally and internationally. Together with other young professionals Dmitry was one of founder-members of Kandinsky Orchestra Petersburg, collective of young professionals who aimed at bringing new repertoire to academic Petersburg scene.
For 2 years Dmitry was part of JUST ensemble, performing mostly new music and some compositions written directly for the ensemble, collaborating with contemporary composers. Both as a member of Sinfonietta Petersburg, State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Saint Petersburg Kapella orchestra and cello solo Dmitry gave concerts in Petersburg Philharmonia, State Kapella, Mariinsky Concert hall, Tovstonogov Drama theatre, Aleksandrinsky Theatre and Radio House locally and in Bremen, Stuttgart, Rheinland-Pfalz, Dusseldorf / Germany, Luxembourg, Helsinki / Finland, Stockholm / Sweden, Basel / Switzerland, Nanjin, Shanghai / China, Boston / USA and in Iceland where he currently resides and studies at University of the Arts in Reykjavík, currently working in two art mediums: as a classical musician playing solo, duos and trios and interdisciplinary, combining music with dance. He is currently working with Leevi Mettinen, Iceland based Finnish dancer on a solo performance. Together they aim to uniquely connect two art forms in one setting, delivering breathtaking performance carefully guided by choreographer Margrét Bjarnadóttir. Dmitry also actively participates in various student projects at LHÍ - Skerpla, Camerata, Creative writing and Art residency in Groningen, in the Netherlands and field trips to Holar and Skaholt, in Iceland.

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