- Mark Kosower
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Mark Kosower Birth name Mark Kosower Born Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S. Genres Classical, Instruments Cello Labels Colbert Artists Management, Naxos Records Associated acts Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Website Artist Biography Mark Kosower is an internationally renowned cellist. Kosower is currently Solo Cellist of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany and was Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 2005-07. He studied with János Starker at Indiana University and Joel Krosnick at the Juilliard School.[1] Kosower was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and attended North High School.
Mr. Kosower has been the recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, a Sony Grant, and has been a top prize winner in both the Rostropovich and Pablo Casals International Cello competitions including a special prize in both competitions for best interpretation of the newly commissioned works by Marco Stroppa and Cristóbal Halffter. He has also been the Grand Prize winner of both the Irving Klein International String Competition and the WAMSO Competition of the Minnesota Orchestra.[2]
Performance
Mr. Kosower has appeared with the symphony orchestras of Detroit, Florida, Grand Rapids, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minnestota, North Carolina, Oregon, Phoenix, and Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra; the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, among others. International appearances include the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the China National Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, the Kansai Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, the Kwa-Zulu Natal Philharmonic, and the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra.[3]
Musical accomplishments
He has been called "An exceptionally intelligent and sensitive cellist" by the Chicago Tribune, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has said, "It was though he touched the instrument and sound flowed out; relaxed, shining, round, extraordinarily beautiful, but at the same time full of character and expression."[4]
As a recitalist Mr. Kosower has performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, at the Aspen Music Festival, and on the Great Performer’s Series at Lincoln Center. He has also given solo performances in some of the world’s most prestigious venues including the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, Berlin’s Komische Oper, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, and in New York’s Avery Fisher Hall. He has recorded for Delos, Naxos, and VAI including a recording of the Walton Concerto with James DePreist and the Oregon Symphony.[5]
References
- ^ http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/Mark_Kosower/57247.htm
- ^ http://www.symphonysiliconvalley.org/musicians.php?pagecontID=66&MusID=126
- ^ http://www.colbertartists.com/ArtistBio.asp?ID=62&DT=Bio
- ^ http://www.colbertartists.com/ArtistBio.asp?ID=62&DT=Bio
- ^ http://www.instantencore.com/contributor/contributor.aspx?CId=5050555
Categories:- American classical cellists
- Juilliard School alumni
- Living people
- Musicians from Wisconsin
- People from Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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