Began to study the harp at the age of 5. She completed her studies at the
Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, where she graduated with distinction.
Olja furthered her professional abilities
participating in master classes given by Isabelle Perrin, David Watkins,
Susanna Mildonian, Chantal Mathieu and Isabelle Moretti. She also learned
baroque harp playing at the Scola Cantorum Basiliensis (Basel).
In her youth she was already appearing internationally as a soloist and in
chamber music recitals.
Olja Kaiser has won prizes in the Concorso Internazionale Premio Rovere
d’Oro in San Bartolomeo al Mare in Imperia (Italy) and the Concert
Artists Guild Music Competition in New York.
In addition to appearing in festivals (e.g. Pacific Music Festival, Abu
Dhabi Classical Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival,
Moselfestwochen, Mecklenburgischer Musiksommer, Musikwoche Bad Wörishofen,
Rheingau Musikfestival), Olja Kaiser has toured throughout Europe, the
United States, Japan, China and Hongkong.
Olja Kaiser regularly plays in solo concerts with symphony orchestras and chamber orchestras .
She has been an assistant to Prof. O. Erdely at the
Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, she has taught at the Prokofiev Music
School in Moscow and at a conservatory in Luxembourg. She was a member of
the jury for the German competition "Jugend musiziert".
Due to her many worldwide appearances as solo harpist as well as in chamber music recitals, including radio and television recordings, Olja Kaiser is one of the most active and many facetted harpists of her generation.