Elena Sharkova: A Lifetime of Music-Making - The Silicon Valley Voice

The Silicon Valley Voice

Elena Sharkova: A Lifetime of Music-Making - The Silicon Valley Voice

From an early age, conductor Elena Sharkova knew that music would be her path in life. Growing up in the former Soviet Union, where music was a significant part of early childhood education, Sharkova showed such a sensitivity to music that her teachers advised her parents that she shouldn’t listen to music in minor musical keys. “I was, literally, released from singing songs in minor until I was six,” Sharkova said. Since then, Sharkova has embr…