Galya Bisengalieva is a Kazakh-British violinist. Improvisor, collaborator and leader of the London Contemporary Orchestra based in London.Born in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Galya studied at the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music. She has performed solo shows throughout Europe, USA, India, Turkey, Brazil and made her sell out debut in Teatro Col, Buenos Aires where Galya received the Revelation Award by the Music Critics Association of Argentina.Galya toured Brahm's Violin Concerto as part of There Will be Blood: Live and premiered Edmund Finnis' Shades Lengthen on BBC Radio 3.She has collaborated with Steve Reich, Laurie Spiegel, Suzanne Ciani, Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros as well as commissioning and performing new works by Shiva Feshareki, Claire M Singer, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Mica Levi and CHAINES.