Born into a Latvian musical family, Sklide won the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in 2001. He has performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paris Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, etc. .
In the 2019/20 season, he has performed with the Hague Residentie Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Toulouse Capitol National Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, etc. do.
He has formed a duo with his sister Rauma for many years and has been active as a founding member of the Sklide Quartet since 2019.
She uses the Ifra Niemann Stradivarius, which was loaned by the Niemann family through the Bears International Violin Society.