Anastasia Kobekina (Russian: Анастасия Кобекина; born 26 August 1994) is a Russian cellist. In 2019, she won third prize at the 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition.[1][2]

Anastasia Kobekina
Born (1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 29)
Yekaterinburg, Russia
GenresClassical
Instrument(s)Cello
Websitekobekina.info

Life and career edit

External videos
Performances at the 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition
  First Round
  Semifinals
  Finals

Kobekina was born in 1994 in Yekaterinburg, Russia, into a family of musicians and received her first cello lessons at the age of four. In 2006, she was accepted into the Moscow Conservatory, and in 2016 continued her education with Jens Peter Maintz at the Berlin University of the Arts. She studied with Jérôme Pernoo at the Conservatoire de Paris and at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts with Kristin von der Goltz.[1][2]

She was a finalist at Eurovision Young Musicians 2008. In 2019, she won third prize at the 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition.[1][2]

Kobekina performs on a 1743 cello by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini.[2]

Discography edit

Year Title Artists Label Ref
2016 Album by Father and Daughter Anastasia Kobekina, Vladimir Kobekin Artservice [3]
2018 Kobekin Anastasia Kobekina, Vladimir Kobekin Feral Note [4]
2018 Kobekin Anastasia Kobekina, Paloma Kouider DiscAuverS [5]
2018 Focus Cello Pablo Ferrández, Benedict Kloeckner, Anastasia Kobekina, Edgar Moreau, Heinrich Schiff Profil Medien [6]
2019 Shostakovich, Weinberg & Kobekin Anastasia Kobekina, Bern Symphony Orchestra, Kevin John Edusei Claves [7]
2022 Ellipses Anastasia Kobekina, Vincent Boccadoro, Emmanuel Arakélian, Thibault Cauvin, Tristan Pereira Mirare [8]
2024 Venice Anastasia Kobekina, Kammerorchester Basel Sony [8]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Anastasia Kobekina". Kronberg Academy. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Anastasia Kobekina". Tonalisten. Retrieved 6 March 2021.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Album by Father and Daughter". qobuz.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Kobekin (digital)". feralnote.de. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Miaskovski - Franck - Stravinski - Anastasia Kobekina". festival-auvers.com. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Focus Cello". hänssler Classic (in German). Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Shostakovich, Weinberg & Kobekin - Anastasia Kobekina". Claves Records. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Anastasia Kobekina - Venice". Sony Classical. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.