Russian American cellist Nina Kotova showed early promise when while studying at the Central Music School Pre-Conservatory she was accepted into an adult class of the Moscow Conservatory at the age of seven, and was just 15 when she won First Prize at the Prague International Competition. Since her London debut at the Wigmore Hall in 1996, she has performed in venues such as the Barbican Centre, Carnegie Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Concertgebouw, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Osaka Symphony Hall in Japan, and Red Square in Moscow, as well as for the Imperial family of Japan, an appearance on the MTV Music Awards at the MET, at Buckingham Palace, and a special performance with Sting at the Royal Opera House in London. |