Reetta Kataja (b. 1986) is currently studying with lecturer Janne Malmivaara at the Sibelius-Academy, where she completed her Bachelor of Music-degree f in spring 2010. She has taken part in several masterclasses, the teachers include Pertti Sutinen, Kaija Saarikettu, Regis Pasquier, Jaakko Kuusisto, Tuomas Haapanen, Hagai Shaham, Mark Gothoni and Timothy Summers. Reetta has performed as a soloist in Finland with the Seinäjoki symphony orchestra, Jyväskylä Sinfonia and the Kuopio symphony orchestra. She has taken part in the violin competitions of Kuopio 2010, the Jyväskylä International Forum in 2004 (Grand Prix Laureate), and the Jyväskylä violin competition in 2003 and 2006 (finalist).