Anna Kandinskaya studied at the Moscow and Bern Conservatories, completing her postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Music in London.  She has been awarded the First Prize in the International Violin Competition of the Munich Konzertgesellschaft and was the winner of the International Yehudi Menuhin Competition in Paris.  Anna Kandinskaya had the privilege of working regularly with Lord Menuhin and touring all over Europe under his conduct.

Anna Kandinskaya performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras, among others the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.  She is also a regularly invited artist at Yuri Bashmet's Music Festival in Elba, Italy.  Recently, she appeared as a soloist with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra.

Anna Kandinskaya performed chamber music with partners such as András Schiff, Gidon Kremer, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Natalia Gutman, Boris Pergamenschikow, Yuri Bashmet, Lars Vogt, Mikhail Rudy, Miklos Perenji, Nabuko Imai and the Viennese Altenberg Trio.

Since many years, Anna Kandinskaya is holding a teaching position for violin at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna having already trained various finalists of major international competitions and players on prominent positions in some of Europe's leading orchestras.  Anna Kandinskaya is a tutor for violin on masterclasses all over the world and is primaria of the Vienna-based Razumovsky Stringquartet.