Mark Kosower & Tatiana Lokhina

A modern player with a signature sound and distinctive style, American cellist Mark Kosower embodies the international concept of the complete musician. He was a top prize winner in both the Rostropovich and Pablo Casals International Cello competitions. He has established a distinguished career as concerto soloist with symphony orchestras, in solo recitals, as an admired and sought-after chamber musician, and as a respected scholar and teacher. Formerly solo cellist of the Bamberg Symphony in Germany, he is now Principal Cello of The Cleveland Orchestra. His cello master classes at Hidden Valley Music Seminars in Carmel, California each summer draw professional-level participants from across the continent.

Pianist Tatiana Lokhina is Assistant Professor at Oberlin Conservatory.  She was born into a musical family in Moscow, began her formal training at age 7 and gave her first solo recital in Moscow four years later. She was the inaugural graduate of the DMus program in collaborative piano at Indiana University, where she studied with the renowned Anne Epperson and Kevin Murphy.She is a winner of numerous Russian and international prizes. She has appeared in concerts in Italy, Austria, Germany, and the U.S, and is involved in an ongoing performance project of the complete sonatas of Johannes Brahms for violin and piano. 

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