Korda studied composition and conducting at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, where she obtained advanced diplomas in conducting with Dominique Rouits and Julien Masmondet, and in composition with Régis Campo. She also holds an honours degree in music from Oxford University, where she was a choral and trumpet scholar. She earned a certificate of advanced studies in contemporary repertoire from the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana under the direction of Arturo Tamayo, and graduated with a Master's degree in conducting from the Royal Northern College of Music in the classes of Mark Heron and Clark Rundell, where she was awarded the Mortimer Furber Prize in conducting.

She worked as trainee conductor at Opera North in 2022/23 and as assistant conductor at the Opéra de Massy in 2020/21, and participated in the contemporary conducting programme of the Lucerne Festival Academy in 2024. She took part in masterclasses with Jaap van Zweden, Marin Alsop, David Reiland, George Benjamin, Jorma Panula, Sir Mark Elder and Antony Hermus.

Fifi grew up in London in a family of artists, filmmakers and dancers, and takes inspiration from diverse disciplines of art for her multi-sensory approach to music and performance. She lives in Paris, and in her spare time adapts Baroque arias for unusual formations or roams around the Auvergnat mountains foraging for seasonal produce.

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