Irena Simonutti, violinist, was born in Belgrade, Serbia. She graduated and post graduated from the University of Belgrade, and she also finished specialization of chamber music at the same University. She began to perform internationally at the age of thirteen. She has appeared in all major musical centers in Serbia and Montenegro, as well as in Germany, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Mongolia, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has had many solo concerts and she performed with the Belgrade Radio and TV Orchestra, Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra (China), Mongolian Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra "Stanislav Binicki", Niš Chamber Orchestra etc. Irena Simonutti has recorded for all radio and TV centers in the country as well as for Chinese , Bulgarian, Mongolian, Croatian, Slovenian, Macedonian, Bosnian TV...She has recorded one record, three CDs and four cassettes. In 2001 she received the “Golden badge” for the cultural development in the country.