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Born into a family of musicians and scientists Russian cellist Nina Kotova has been hailed as "unforgettable", "passionate and inspiring" and as having "powerfully expressive energy with a technique of utter mastery". A precocious child who gave her first public performance and started studying composition at the age of nine, Nina Kotova represents the third generation of musicians in her family. Her father, Ivan Kotov, who died after years of cultural-political persecution, is regarded as a legendary virtuoso double bassist.
Nina Kotova was accepted by the cello faculty into an adult class of the Moscow Conservatory at the age of seven, while studying at the School for Specially Gifted Children. Nina gave her first performance with an orchestra at the age of 11 and at 15 won First Prize at the "Concertino Praha" International Competition. At 19, after graduating in Moscow, Nina left the Soviet Union and continued studying in Germany and the United States.
Nina Kotova's career has taken her across the globe performing as a soloist, chamber musician and composer. Her 1996 Wigmore Hall debut in London was highlighted by the World Premiere of Nina Kotova's work Sketches from the Catwalk. Since then, Nina Kotova made her Carnegie Hall debut as soloist with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and appeared at the Barbican Centre in London, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Town Hall in New York, Orchid Hall in Tokyo and on Ravinia's "Rising Stars" series. Ms Kotova recently performed with the St Louis and Dallas Symphony Orchestras, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra,the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and appeared on the MTV Music Awards; Nina also toured with concerto and recital programs in Brazil, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea and Japan, including a solo performance for the Imperial Family of Japan.
Nina Kotova signed a recording contract with Philips Classics in 1996 and released her debut album in 1999. The CD was an instant success, remaining on the Billboard charts for several weeks. Elle magazine named Nina Kotova one of the 25 persons to watch in the next century, and she has been the subject of features in Time, Newsweek, Vogue, Reader's Digest, the Wall Street Journal, Classic FM and on television on the Charlie Rose Show, Hard Talk with Tim Sebastian, and Breakfast with the Arts.
Nina Kotova's Cello Concerto was premiered in San Francisco with the Women's Philharmonic with Ms Kotova as soloist in 2000 to rave reviews. Octavio Roca of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "Kotova in 2000 stands in defiance of last century's modernism and the new simplicity of so much recent music. Her cello concerto is a complex, gripping affair. Kotova is destined for greatness." Nina Kotova's compositions and interviews have been heard on Sky Live TV, BBC Radio, US and other radio and television stations.
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