User:Eva Kochenkova

Eva

 Eva Kochenkova  a Danish-Russian cellist (born 26 April 1974 in Tchaikovsky, Russia), noted for her Solo record with Italian cello sonatas in virtuos-arrangements.

==Educations==

From the age of 9 she was a First Prize winner in several national competitions in USSR.

In 1993 she continued her education at the Moscow Gnesing High School with Prof. G. Zubareva, under the consultation of Prof. N. Schakhovskaya.

In 1995 she continued her master education with Prof. R. Filippini at Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Milano and 1996 with Prof. K. Georgian in Venezia.

In 1996 she was employed as a Photo- model by the Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani.

In 2002 she took a master education with prof W. Böttcher in Baden-Baden, Germany

In 2004 she finished her master education as a soloist by studying with Prof. J. Goritzki at the Robert- Schumann- Hochschule in Dusseldorf, Germany,and in 2006, in soloist class at the Danish Royal Academy of Music in Denmark with prof. H. Brandstrup.

She took a several master curses with the most known cellists, as a Mstislav Rostropowitch, W. Böttcher and David Geringas, and got great reference from maestro Zubin Mehta.

==Career==

At the age of 18 Eva Kochenkova got the position as Solo Cellist in the Chamber Orchestra "Guido Cantelli" with maestro Alberto Veronesi.

Eva Kochenkova was then employed as a solo cellist in the "European Music Project" Ensemble, based in Berlin, United Europe Chamber Orchestra, Milan, Italy, Ensemble Instrumental with George Vassilev guitar and James Crabb accordion in Sion, Switzerland

As a Soloist and chamber musician Eva Kochenkova performs regulary at P&O Music Festival at Sea hosted by BBC presenter Richard Baker and Humfrey Burton.

She is a member of the "Forum Musicum" Piano Quartet and Wiener "Trio- Elegié" with the violinist and composer Soeren Elbaek and pianist Morten Mogensen.

Since 2011 Eva Kochenkova is teaching in different music institutions cello solo instrument.

Languages

Russian

Danish

English

Italian

Eva Kochenkova plays on Italian instrument from Sesto Rocchi made in Cremona in 1968, and use the gut strings.

==Recordings==

CD SOLO.

CD of the Month CDKlassisk.dk at Copenhagen. Denmark.

Italian Virtuoso Cello Sonatas

Pietro Antonoi Locatelli (1695-1764)

Sonata For Cello an Piano in D major, edited by Alfredo Piatti

Giuseppe Valentini  (1681-1753)

Sonata for Cello and Piano in E major, edited by Alfredo Piatti

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Sonata for Cello and Piano A major

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

Largo for Cello and Piano in g minor, edited by unknown

CD ENSEMBLE.

Record from September

1994:

L. Berio (1925-2003) Folk songs per soprano e orchestra

Chemins IV per oboe e 11 archi

O. Respighi (1879-1936) Antiche danze ed arie per liuto, Suite III

A. Corghi (1937-) Il Pungolo di un amore Per oboe.

Orchestra Guido Cantelli

Conductor: Alberto Veronesi

Soprano: Luisa Castellani

Soloists: Diego Dini Ciacci, Pietro Borgonovo.

Live record in Conservatorio "G. Verdi" di Milano Italy

June 1994:

F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) Ouverture "Le Ebridi - La grotta di Fingal" op. 26 Concerto per violino e orchestra in Mi min., op. 64

Sinfonia n. 4 in La magg., op. 90, "Italiana" Orchestra Guido Cantelli

Conductor: Alberto Veronesi

Solist: Salvatore Accardo.

Reccord from February 1994:

A. Schönberg (1874-1951) Verklärte Nacht, op. 4

I. Stravinsky (1882-1971) Apollon Musagète.

Orchestra Guido Cantelli

Conductor: Alberto Veronesi.

Record from1993:

P. I. Cajkovskij (1840-1893) Serenata per orchestra d'archi, op. 48

A. Dvoràk (1841-1904) Serenata per orchestra d'archi in Mi, op. 22.

Orchestra Guido Cantelli

Conductor: Alberto Veronesi.

Record from 2012-2014 CDKlassisk.dk

Guldborgsund Chamber Orchestra Composer/ conductor artistico: Soeren Elbaek.

Denmark Album: Compositions for String Orchestra

Producer: Morten Mogensen

Reccord from November 2015:

DVD con Ensemble instrumental, Switzerland, Sion

Programma Piazzola, Elbaek.

George Vassilev guitar James Crabb accordeon.

==References==

Eva Kochenkova released her debut Solo CD on CDklassisk.dk, which was nominated as "Record of the Month", and got Award nominations.

“Eva Kochenkova is an accomplished artist with excellent vehicle for her sonorous tone and expressivity."

The Strad

"Wonderful playing with great sense of style"

Zubin Mehta

"Great talent"

Mstislav Rostropowich

"Danish-Russian cello Star in the world class." CDKlassisk.dk