Anna Gorelova (Cello)

       Anna Gorelova was born in Saint-Petersburg in 1978 and began to study the cello when she was 10. While still a pupil at the Musical School she was playing concerts as a soloist at International Festivals in Russia, Germany, Spain and Norway. In 2003 she graduated from the Saint-Petersburg State Conservatoire with Highest Departmental Honors in cello. Her teachers were Nina Zhemoldinova, Sergey Tchernyadiev and Alexey Massarsky. She also has received coaching from Boris Pergamenshikov and Natalia Gutman.

        Anna  is a devoted performer of chamber music. Since 2000 she has been a member of the Atrium String Quartet, with whom she completed her chamber music education at the Netherland String Quartet Academy and Hochschule fur Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. As a member of the quartet she has received numerous awards at International Competitions and performed in the best and most famous Concert Halls in Europe and the USA.

        Anna's  recent solo activities have included performances of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and Brahms’ Double Concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra.