Dmitry Kouzov
Cellist Dmitry Kouzov has performed throughout
the U.S., Europe, and Russia with orchestras, in solo and duo
recitals, and in chamber music performances. He has appeared with such
orchestras as the National Symphony of Ukraine, St Petersburg Symphony
Orchestra, as well as the South Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic (Czech
Republic), and the North Caucasus, and Rostov Philharmonics (Russia),
among others.
Kouzov's credits include performances at several prominent concert venues throughout Russia, including both the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Halls, the conservatory halls of Moscow and St. Petersburg, and the Marïinsky Theatre. He made his New York orchestral debut with the Schumann Cello Concerto at Alice Tully Hall in 2005. Since then he has also performed at 92nd Street Y, Merkin Hall, and Bargemusic. His numerous international festival apearances include Verbier, Schleswig-Holstein, Janáček May in the Czech Republic, Kiev Summer Music Nights in Ukraine, Ravinia and Caramoor Rising Stars. He is a 2006 recipient of the Rising Star Award of the New York Cello Society.
A consummate chamber musician, Kouzov has collaborated with such artists as Krzysztof Penderecki, Joshua Bell, Yuri Bashmet, and Ilya Gringolts. In 2004 he joined the Phaedrus String Quartet, and he is a founding and active member of the award-winning Manhattan Piano Trio, with whom he has toured extensively throughout the United States. Currently he teaches in Juilliard School in New York and Oberlin Conservatory. He has been recorded for numerous television and radio stations in his native Russia and abroad.