Nina Kotova

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Nina Kotova
NinaKotova.jpg
Kotova, by Lisa Mazzucco
Born (1969-10-27) 27 October 1969 (age 51)
Russia
NationalityRussian
Occupation
  • Cellist
  • Musician
Years active1980–present
Musical career
Genres
  • Classical
InstrumentsCello
Labels
Websiteninakotova.com

Nina Kotova is a Russian American cellist. As well as being a versatile artist she performs both as a soloist with major orchestras and as a chamber musician around the world.

Education[]

Kotova studied at the Moscow Conservatory and the Musikhochschule in Cologne, giving her first performance as a soloist with orchestra at the age 11 and graduating summa cum laude.

Career[]

Kotova made her Western debut at the Wigmore Hall, performed at the Barbican Centre in London in 1996, released her chart-topping debut album for Philips Classics, and made her Carnegie Hall debut in 1999.[1]

Kotova has performed in recital and as a soloist with major orchestras across the globe touring the capitals of Europe, Asia and the Americas. She has performed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and at the Berlin Philharmonic and has collaborated with leading artists and conductors such as Vladimir Jurowski, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Antonio Pappano, John Malkovich, Hélène Grimaud, Jeremy Irons, Joshua Bell, Lang Lang, Sarah Chang, Sting and many more. She has had the distinction of performing live in broadcast from Red Square in Moscow, for the Imperial family of Japan,[2] and at Buckingham Palace in a special concert for Prince Charles.

In 2011 Kotova received an award for outstanding cultural contribution to Tuscany from the Tuscan-American Association as a co-founder of the Tuscan Sun Festival.[3][4] She co-founded the Tuscan Sun Festival in 2003 and its sister-festival Festival Del Sole in Napa Valley in 2006[5][6] and served as the Artistic Director of the Tuscan Sun Festival (also known as the Festival del Sole) in Cortona, Italy.[7]

As a professor, Nina Kotova has taught as an Artist in Residence at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.

Shortly before the fall of the Soviet Union, Nina has defected to the West. In her early twenties, Nina has briefly pursued her second career as a top high fashion model, working with such designers as Emanuel Ungaro, Missoni, Chanel and others for fashion shows and editorial.

In addition to her debut album for Philips Classics,[8] she has recorded the Bloch Schelomo and her own Cello Concerto,[9] the Dvorak Cello Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra for Sony,[10] and the Deutsche Grammophon compilation Masters of the Bow, paying homage to the greatest cellists of the last 50 years. She released a recording of the Bach Cello Suites,[11] a recording of Russian sonatas with pianist Fabio Bidini for Warner Classics[12] and Nina Kotova Plays Tchaikovsky recording for Delos Productions with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev.[13] She has been the subject of numerous features in Vogue,[14] Elle,[15] Hello!,[16] Harper's Bazaar,[17] Newsweek,[18] The Sunday Telegraph, and the Wall Street Journal. She has appeared on the covers of Classic FM,[19] Classical Music magazine, Gramophone China,[20] Il Venerdi Italia,[21] Record Forum,[22] and Reader's Digest.[23][24]

"...Nina is a musician of high seriousness and real talent..." - TIME MAGAZINE [25]

"...She's a talent to reckon with - poised, committed, graceful and spirited." - Los Angeles Times [26]

Discography[]

  • Nina Kotova - Chopin, Faure, Falla, Glazunov, et al. with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor- Philips, 1999
  • Bloch, Bruch, Kotova: Nina Kotova-Cello Concerto with Philharmonia of Russia; Constantine Orbelian, conductor- Delos, 2002
  • Masters Of The Bow - Cello (2 CD) - Deutsche Grammophon, 2003
  • Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 with Philharmonia Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor - Sony, 2008
  • Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Solo (2 CD) - Warner Classics, 2014
  • Rachmaninov - Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas with Fabio Bidini, pianist - Warner Classics, 2017
  • Nina Kotova Plays Tchaikovsky with Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra; Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor - Delos, 2017

References[]

  1. ^ "Nina Kotova: Carnegie Hall Debut Review in the Strad Magazine". 6 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Nina Kotova: VOGUE". 11 June 2016.
  3. ^ http://www.valdichianaoggi.it/comunicati/enti-e-associazioni/il-premio-toscana-usa-2011-al-tuscan-sun-festival-7104830.html
  4. ^ "Nina Kotova: Il VENERDI Cover. Cover Story". 9 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Nina Kotova: C Magazine Festival del Sole 2007". 8 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Nina Kotova: CNN Living "Wine, Wedding and Song", 2007". 10 June 2016.
  7. ^ "L' amazzone col violoncello ritratto di Nina Kotova - la Repubblica.it".
  8. ^ Gurewitsch, Matthew (20 January 2000). "The Very Model of a Modern Cellist". Wall Street Journal.
  9. ^ "Kotova's Concerto a Rich, Complex Score / Women's Philharmonic premieres cellist's work". 2 October 2000.
  10. ^ http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/article201402.ece
  11. ^ "Nina Kotova: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung Bach Cello Suites CD Re…". 14 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C major, Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Tchaikovsky: Romance; Meditation".
  13. ^ "Music Review: "Nina Kotova - Tchaikovsky" - the Dazzling Talent of Nina Kotova". 23 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Nina Kotova: VOGUE. ROMANTIC MOVEMENT". 10 June 2016.
  15. ^ "Nina Kotova: ELLE". 10 June 2016.
  16. ^ "Nina Kotova: HELLO magazine". 8 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Nina Kotova: HARPERS BAZAAR". 10 June 2016.
  18. ^ "A Model Musician". 2 May 1999.
  19. ^ "Nina Kotova: Classic FM Magazine Cover. Cover Story". 9 June 2016.
  20. ^ "Nina Kotova: GRAMOPHONE COVER". 11 June 2016.
  21. ^ "Nina Kotova: Il VENERDI Cover. Cover Story". 9 June 2016.
  22. ^ "Nina Kotova: Record Forum Magazine Cover. Cover Story. 2000". 9 June 2016.
  23. ^ "Nina Kotova: READer's DIGEST Selezione Cover 2001". 8 June 2016.
  24. ^ "Nina Kotova: READer's DIGEST". 10 June 2016.
  25. ^ "Nina Kotova: Time Magazine 1999". 10 June 2016.
  26. ^ "Nina Kotova: LA Times Review "Another Delightful Discovery from Russi…". 10 June 2016.

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