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Mark Kosower is currently Principal Cello of the Cleveland Orchestra, teacher of Cello at the Cleveland Institute of Music and is on the faculty at the Kent/Blossom Music Festival. He most recently performed the Samuel Barber Concerto at the Blossom Music Festival with Bramwell Tovey conducting and the Dvorak Concerto with Herbert Blomstedt conducting during the 2013-14 subscription season. His previous posts include Solo Cellist of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany from 2006-10, and Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 2005-07. Mark Kosower began his cello studies with his father at the age of 1 ½, and later studied with Janos Starker at Indiana University and Joel Krosnick at the Juilliard School.
All new participant applications should be supported by 2 letters of recommendation; in some cases audition tapes or CDs will be requested. All applications will be processed on receipt and after application fee is received. Applicants will be notified by mail. A non-refundable payment of $300.00 is due upon acceptance. Balance is due 10 days before the opening date of class.
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If you have questions or need additional information, please contact (831) 659-3115 or email admission@hiddenvalleymusic.org.
Each masters class includes a concert, open to the public, featuring the master teachers performing a wide array of repertoire highlighting their instrument. On August 12, 7:30 pm Mark Kosower and pianist Jee-Won Oh present an evening of cello and piano pieces Those who are not in the master class may purchase tickets to this performance HERE.
In the video below Mark Kosower plays Faure's Aprés un Rêve on June 3, 2007 at Christ and St. Stephens Church, NYC for The Omega Ensemble on the occasion of the First Joint Appearance of Mark Kosower and Axel Strauss.