Anastasia Kobekina (; born 26 August 1994) is a Russian cellist. In 2019 she won third prize at the 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition.
Life and career
Kobekina was born in 1994 in Yekaterinburg, Russia, into a family of musicians: her father is the composer Vladimir Kobekin. She received her first cello lessons at the age of four. In 2006, she was accepted into the Moscow Conservatory, and in 2016 continued her education with Jens Peter Maintz at the Berlin University of the Arts. She studied with Jérôme Pernoo at the Conservatoire de Paris and at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts with Kristin von der Goltz.
She was a finalist at Eurovision Young Musicians 2008. In 2019, she won third prize at the 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition.
In 2024, she performed at the Rheingau Musik Festival. The same year, she received the Leonard Bernstein Award.
Kobekina has performed since 2021 on the 1698 'De Kermadec-Bläss' cello by Antonio Stradivari, having previously played a 1743 cello by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini.
Awards 2024 Leonard Bernstein Award
Discography +YearTitleArtistsLabelRef2016Album by Father and DaughterAnastasia Kobekina, Vladimir KobekinArtservice2018KobekinAnastasia Kobekina, Vladimir KobekinFeral Note2018KobekinAnastasia Kobekina, Paloma KouiderDiscAuverS2018Focus CelloPablo Ferrández, Benedict Kloeckner, Anastasia Kobekina, Edgar Moreau, Heinrich SchiffProfil Medien2019Shostakovich, Weinberg & KobekinAnastasia Kobekina, Bern Symphony Orchestra, Kevin John EduseiClaves2022EllipsesAnastasia Kobekina, Vincent Boccadoro, Emmanuel Arakélian, Thibault Cauvin, Tristan PereiraMirare2024VeniceAnastasia Kobekina, Kammerorchester BaselSony2025Bach: Cello SuitesAnastasia KobekinaSony
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