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BiographyBiographyNina Kotova was accepted by the cello faculty into an adult class of the Moscow Conservatory at the age of seven, while studying at the Central Music School Pre-Conservatory. Nina gave her first performance as a soloist with an orchestra at the age of 11 and at 15 won First Prize at the Prague International Competition. At 19, after graduating in Moscow, Nina left the Soviet Union and continued studying in Germany and the United State.In 2011 Ms. Nina Kotova and Mr. Barrett Wissman have been presented the Tuscan-American award for the further development of the cultural relations between Tuscany and United States.Nina Kotova represents the third generation of musicians in her family. Her father, Ivan Ivanovich Kotov, (1950–1985), who died after years of cultural-political persecution, is regarded as a legendary virtuoso double bassist. She is carrying on the tradition of not only her legendary father, but her teachers and mentors, which include Igor Gavrysh, Valentin Feigin, Boris Pergamenschikov and Mstislav Rostropovich.

Live PerformancesLive PerformancesHaydn, Cello Concerto in C major Nina with Antonio Pappano

Rachmaninoff, Cello Sonata, op.19 Nina with Lang Lang

Shostakovich, Cello Sonata, op.40 mvt2 Nina with Helene Grimaud

Shostakovich, Cello Sonata, op.40 mvt3 Nina with Helene Grimaud

Mendelssohn, Trio in d minor, op.49 Nina with Joshua Bell & Ana-Maria Vera

Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto, Nina Kotova with Nicola Luisotti, RNO

CompositionCompositionSuite “Six Miniatures on Picasso” for Cello and Piano, 1983US premiere on the February 26th at the Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C.Three Poems for Cello and Orchestra “Dark Blue”, 1988Released on the Philips Label, 1999“Sketches from the Catwalk” for Cello and Piano, 1996Premiere on the July 22nd, 1996, at Wigmore Hall, London, England. Released on the Philips Label, 1999 Five Places of Cello and Piano, 1997Premiere on the October 14th, 1998, at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

CompositionComposition“TexaSol” for Violoncello Solo, 2002Premiered on the 7th of April, 2002 at the One World Theatre, Austin, TexasConcert Suite “Tuscan Sun” for Violoncello and Chamber Orchestra, 2002Premiered on the 7th of April, 2002 at the Tuscan Sun Festival, Cortona, Italia, with the NES Chamber Orchestra under direction of Dmitry Sitkovetsky “Lyrica”, Five Poem by A. Belyi, for soprano and cello, 2002Premiered on the 9th of February, 2003 at the One World Theatre, Austin, Texas, with Laura Claycomb Concerto for Violoncello and String Orchestra, “The Tuscan”, 2005 Premiered on the 20th of April, 2005 at the Zankel Hall, New York, with NES Chamber Orchestra under direction of Dmitry Sitkovetsky

CompositionComposition“Five Dervishes”, for Violoncello SoloPremiered on the 16th of August, 2006, at the Teatro Signorelli, “Tuscan Sun” Festival, Cortona, ItalyTriple Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon and String OrchestraCommissioned by University of Texas, 2007Six Kundalini pieces for Violoncello SoloWritten for the exhibition of paintings by Sibylle Szaggars in Cortona, Italy, 2008

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