Alexandra "Sasha" Samsonova

Alexandra Samsonova, began her musical training at the age of six in Russia. Later she was admitted to the Berklee College of Music on a scholarship, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2002.Alexandra has performed with Kevin Mahogany, Greg Hopkins, Darren Barrett, Lionel Lueke and Jaleel Shaw to name a few. She has played at the Blue Note and the Carnegie Hall , and attended IAJE conference in 2000 as a guest performer.She has appeared at the Jamburee Jazz Festival in Barcelona, Ryles Jazz Club (Boston), Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard Festivals, Bi-2 Jazz Club in Moscow, Russia and completed a tour in Portugal and Spain in fall’06.