Tatiana Kokhanovskaya, Viola

Tatiana Kokhanovskaya, violist, was born in Moscow and began her musical education at the age of five. After finishing the Gnessin Musical School for musically gifted children, she entered the Moscow Gnessin Musical and Pedagogical University into the class of Professor Genrih Talalyan, the violist of the renowned Komitas Quartet. In the class of this distinguished professor, a brilliant representative of the Russian school, T. Kokhanovskaya’s love for chamber music developed, a love that would become the determining factor in the future of this musician. This love brought T. Kokhanovskaya into the class of the legendary Russian musician Valentin Berlinski, the founder of one of the most celebrated ensembles of Russia, the Borodin Quartet.

After completing her studies at the university, T. Kokhanovskaya became a faculty member of the chamber music department and assistant to Professor Berlinski there. The Moscow String Quartet was founded at this time.

After victories at two international competitions, the Moscow String Quartet began intensive concretizing all over the world. As a member of this ensemble, T. Kokhanovskaya has performed in the finest halls of Europe, including Concertgebou in Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall and the Royal Festival Hall in London, as well as in major musical centers in the U.S., including New York, Detroit, Chicago, and Philadelphia.

T. Kokhanovskaya performs on a 1793 viola of the Italian master Decanetti.

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