MUSICAL & ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Svetlana Bakushina is a musician and filmmaker from Siberia. She earned a Master’s degree in Music Education in Piano Pedagogy in 2001 from the Novosibirsk College of Arts and a Master’s degree in Cinematography in 2006 from Novosibirsk State Technical University.
Svetlana composed the soundtrack for the film “Her Picture”, which was officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival. She has produced various documentaries, television programs, and short fiction films that have won multiple awards at international film and TV festivals. Collaborating with her husband, Carlos Martins, she directed and acted in approximately 300 TV commercials for international clients.
As a member of the Union of Cinematographers and the Union of Photographers of RF, Svetlana’s photography has been showcased in exhibitions worldwide. Her digital art prints are part of collections at institutions like the Novosibirsk State Art Museum and the Omsk Museum of Fine Arts named after M.A. Vrubel, as well as in private collections globally.
Svetlana has contributed to the theatrical world as a stage projection video artist. She has collaborated with prominent theaters such as the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Russian State Academic Drama Theatre Named After Fyodor Volkov, and the Theatre Festival Baltic-House in Saint Petersburg. From 2003 until his passing in 2013, she worked closely with Polish theatre, opera, and film director Henryk Baranowski, contributing to productions like Life with an Idiot by A. Schnittke, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk by D. Shostakovich, The Tempest by W. Shakespeare, and Loneliness on the Net by J. L. Wiśniewski.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA PRESENCE
Svetlana’s work has been featured on national TV stations around the world, including:
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National Geographic Channel (USA)
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Russia 1 Network (Russia)
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Sigma TV (Cyprus)
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Correio da Manhã TV (Portugal)
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ABC Networks (USA)
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Trans7 Network (Indonesia)
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Seven West Media (Australia)
CURRENT PROJECTS
Based in Portugal, Svetlana is the artistic director of the Festival of Chamber Music VilaNova in Monchique. She leads the Svetlana Bakushina Fusion Quartet, blending jazz, classical, ethnic, and progressive rock elements. Additionally, she collaborates with pianists Doris Gameiro and José Antonio Cubela in a Piano Trio based in the USA.