Anna-Liisa Bezrodny was born in 1981 into a famous family of musicians in Moscow. Already at the age of two she began her violin studies with her parents, and at the age of nine she entered the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, to the class of her parents, Prof. Igor Bezrodny and Prof. Mari Tampere-Bezrodny.

Later studying for MMUS degrees in both Sibelius Academy and Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Krzysztof Smietana, later winning the most prestigious award in Guildhall, the Gold Medal in 2006.

Anna-Liisa has won several competitions, such as in the J. Kocian International Violin Competition, Czech Republic (1995, 1st prize), a special prize of the Rotary Club (1999), International Music Festival of Frankfurt, Germany (2000), recipient of the Ian Fleming Charitable Award of the Musicians Benevolent Fund (London,2003), prize winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Award, (London,2003), Hattori Foundation and Myra Hess Trust prizes, (London, 2004), Ricci Foundation Winner 2009, Young Artist of the Making Music Foundation 2009J. Heifetz International Violin Competition (2005, 3rd prize), Brahms International Competition (2005, 2nd prize), Haverhill Soloists Competition in UK. In 2006 Anna-Liisa won the prestigious Guildhall Gold Medal, playing Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 in the Barbican Hall with Sian Edwards, same competition has been won by Bryn Terfel, Tasmin Little and Jaqueline du Pre, to name a few. In 2005 Anna-Liisa Bezrodny was awarded the PROMIS Award for talented young musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra, and in the same year received an honorary prize from the Pro Musica Foundation in Finland.

Anna-Liisa is in big demand in festivals, playing in both chamber ensembles as well as solo, such as The Oistrakh International Festival, Die Russische Musik Festival Dortmund (Germany), Internazionales Musikfest in Dietzenbach/Frankfurt (Germany), International Music Festival of Waterford (Ireland), Macmillan Festival, Carter Festival, Malta International Music Festival, Lincoln Festival (UK), Tallinn Chamber Music Festival, Sibelius Festival (USA), Turku Music Festival, Finland, Open Chamber Music, Prussia Cove, Valdres Festival in Norway, Bergen Festival, and others.  Anna-Liisa is also a passionate chamber musician, and her chamber music partners have included Ida Handel, Sarah Chang, Chloe Hanslip, Alexander Chaushian,Matilda Karkkainen, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Maxim Rysanov, Ivari Ilja, Ronan O’Hora, and many others.

Anna-Liisa has appreared as soloist and recitalist with orchestras in most prestigious concert venues in Russia, Finland, Holland, Germany, UK, Estonia and others, icluding the Royal Festival Hall, Barbican Hall, Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, Cologne Philharmonie, Cadogan Hall, Finlandia Hall, Estonia Hall, St. Petersbugh Philharmonic Hall, Moscow Conservatoire Great Hall as well as Small Hall and Rakhmaninov Hall,  Tshaikovsky Hall, and many others.

Most recently Anna-Liisa performed the Bruch Violin Concerto no.1 with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall.

Anna-Liisa’s playing has been heard on several occasions on Finnish and Estonian National TV´s  and National Radio, NBC and BBC Radio 3. in the United Kingdom. She has given concertos with orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra TV6 (in the Moscow Conservatory´s Great Hall), Helsinki Philharmonic, Bachorkester Gewandhaus Leipzig, Estonian National Orchestra, Estonian Chamber Orchestra, Pärnu Philharmonic Orchestra, Jyvaskyla Chamber Orchestra (Finland), Turku Philharmonic, Vaasa Philharmonic Orchestra, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra (Latvia), Haydn Chamber Orchestra, Georgian Chamber Orchestra, Vilnius Philarmonic  (Lithuania),  Jena Philharmonic, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, South Bank Symphony, London Ensemble (at Wigmore Hall, world premiere), Guildhall Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Hall) and others.

As a soloist Anna-Liisa has also collaborated with maestros such as Leif Segerstam, Olari Elts, Mihkel Kutson, Jason Lai, Robin O’Neil, Eri Klas, Arvo Volmer, Paul Magi, Jyri Alperten, Nikolay Alekseyev, Tibor Boganyi, Sian Edwards, Juha Kangas etc, and she plays extensively with the renowned pianist Ivari Ilja (pianist to Dmitry Hvorostovsky).

Since 2007 Anna-Liisa teaches in both Estonian Music Academy as well as at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Anna-Liisa’s future plans include playing Scottish Fantasy, Shostakovich, Elgar, Tshaikovsky, Mendelssohn as well as Taneyev Concertos around UK and Finland.  She released her debut CD this year, in collaboration with the pianist Ivari Ilja for ALBA Records, and future plans include recording a CD of Tamberg Violin Concerto in Estonia.