Elena Kiseliova was born in Russia. She started studying the violin at the Music School of N. Novgorod and continued at M.I. Glinka Music Academy. She collaborated with the State Orchestra CAPELLA of Moscow as a soloist, performing works by J.S.Bach and Mozart, and with the Chamber Orchestra of Bach Center in Moscow (part of the Leipzig Bach Center) under Helmut Riling. At that time in Moscow, she recorded works by Bach & Mozart.

She has also collaborated with the St. Petersbourg Symphony Orchestra under the famous Russian Conductor Chernushenko. She has performed with a large number of string and Chamber Orchestras in Germany, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Italy and Cyprus, among others. 

Recently she has been living in Greece, teaching at the Hellenic Conservatory and playing in orchestras such us ‘Feminarte’, ‘Allegro Camerton’ and ‘Art Quartet’. She is the founder of ‘Anima’, a group consisting of three violins and piano. She has appeared at the Herod Atticus Odeon, the Athens and the Thessaloniki Megaron Music Halls, the Athens Conservatory, International Art Center Athenaeum, Half Note Club and at the Domus Della Rocca – Barozzi. 

She has played in all the major cities of Greece with the Russian Chamber Orchestra under the famous Greek conductor Theodoros Kourentzis. She worked with the Vanessa May Orchestra in Greece and with Greek composers, such as Mimis Plessas, Marios Tokas, Giorgos Hatzinasios and Christos Nikolopoulos. In addition she has performed with the violonist Giannis Georgiadis, the Cypriot pianist Cyprien Katsaris, Monagasque pianist Princess Caroline Murat, pianist Stefanos Korkolis and with the Russian Greek pianist Andreas Sarantidis – Dudnikoff, performing both classical and modern works. Elena has also collaborated with the famous soprano Elena Kelesidou, tenor Marios Frangoulis and singers Manolis Mitsias, Mado and Eleni Dimou among others. Elena has recorded with Eleni Dimou, Manolis Mitsias and Marios Tokas to name just a few. She often makes television appearances and performs on the radio. 

Since 2001 Elena has been the Art Director of the “Domus Festival” at the Venetian Museum of Naxos island.