Karolina Protsenko

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykolayivna and the family name is Protsenko.
Karolina Protsenko
Protsenko in 2018
Background information
Born (2008-10-03) October 3, 2008
Kyiv, Ukraine
Genres
Occupations
  • Violinist, singer, songwriter, musician, youtuber, vlogger
Instruments
  • Violin, guitar, piano, vocals
Websitekarolinaprotsenko.com
Instagram information
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Followers2.2 million
YouTube information
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Years active2016‒
GenreMusic
Subscribers8.7 million
Views2.3 billion
Last updated: 2025-11-21

Karolina Mykolayivna Protsenko (Ukrainian: Кароліна Миколаївна Проценко; born October 3, 2008), known since July 2025 as Karolina Rose, is a Ukrainian-born violinist, pianist, guitarist and singer performing contemporary pop music in the United States. She is an internet celebrity, and recorded street performance of music, primarily at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California.

Biography

Karolina Protsenko was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her parents, Nikolay Protsenko and Ella Protsenko, play the guitar and piano, respectively. She has two brothers, Leo (born 2018) and Nicholas (born 2021). In 2015, when Karolina was six years old, her family moved to California.

Protsenko began playing the violin in 2014, having received lessons, and mainly performs violin versions of contemporary pop songs.[1]

In 2017, the family started doing live performances on the streets of Santa Monica, California, primarily within Third Street Promenade. In 2021 Classic FM noted a video of Protsenko and her pianist mother performing an arrangement of Ludovico Einaudi's "Experience", and reported that "Her spirited string-filled renditions of classical favourites and pop songs have earned her upwards of 800 million views."[2]

In 2019, Protsenko appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[3]

Protsenko has collaborated with other artists and YouTubers: Angelica Hale, Allie Sherlock, Daniele Vitale, Albert Stanaj, Dang Matt Smith, Døvydas, and Barvina, playing violin, singing, and vlogging.

On March 4, 2022, Protsenko appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show, performing a duet of "Guardian" with Lindsey Stirling.[4]

In November 2023, Protsenko made her orchestral debut with Orchestra Nova LA.[5]

In January 2024, Protsenko, accompanied by pianist Hsin-I Huang, performed Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto to open a Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra masterclass held at Colburn School, followed by an interview with Jennifer Koh.[6]

In November 2024, the Christian website Crosswalk.com reposted an article from Godtube which described a video of Protsenko playing with Swedish teenager Oscar Stembridge as "a beautiful cover" of "Stand by Me", and called her "a wunderkind on the violin".[7]

In July 2025 Protsenko announced she would use the stage name Karolina Rose for her original music releases.[8]

Rose is actually my middle name, and I'm so excited to finally use it for my original music.

— July 2024

Discography

Albums

  • My Dream (2018)
  • FLY (2018)
  • Sunflower (2019)
  • Sky (2019)
  • Finally Together (2022)

Singles

  • "Advice" (2025)
  • "Good Girl" (2025)
  • "Shiny Webs" (2025)

References

  1. ^ "Karolina Protsenko A Young Violin Prodigy". Music Man. 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ Macdonald, Kyle (28 October 2021). "13-year-old violinist performs stunning Ludovico Einaudi duet with her mother". Classic FM. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  3. ^ Karolina's Appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 3, 2019. Archived from the original on July 11, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Appearance of Karolina Protsenko on the Kelly Clarkson show on the March 4, 2022". NBC.
  5. ^ Nagle, Fiona (2023-11-13). "Orchestra Nova LA Wows at its Premiere Concert". Arts. Culver City Crossroads. Archived from the original on 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2024-04-24. The undisputed revelation and showstopper of the evening, though, was Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor and the orchestral debut of 15-year-old violin prodigy, Karolina Protsenko … a high school freshman and student at the Colburn music school in downtown Los Angeles, is known to millions of social media followers world-wide and has been playing publicly since before the age of ten. While much of her public focus is on contemporary music, her father noted that they believed "this was a great and important experience" for her to play classical and with orchestra.
  6. ^ Niles, Laurie (2024-01-15). "Violin Master Class with Jennifer Koh at Colburn". Violinist.com. Archived from the original on 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-24. Koh talked a lot about musical decisions with Karolina Protsenko, who began the master class with a poised and accurate performance of the first movement of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 with pianist Hsin-I Huang.
  7. ^ "2 Teens on the Street Perform Amazing 'Stand By Me' Duet". Crosswalk.com. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  8. ^ Protsenko, Karoline (2025-07-14). "Announcing the new stage name" (Post). Retrieved 2025-11-21 – via Youtube. New stage name. … I'm Karolina Rose — singer-songwriter. Rose is actually my middle name, and I'm so excited to finally use it for my original music.
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