Nina Kogan was born into a family of two legendary violinists,
Leonid Kogan and Elisaveta Gilels. She started studying the piano at the age of six, then
attended the Central Music School for Gifted Children. Later she graduated from the Moscow
Conservatory, receiving a D.M.A. with honors in the class of professor Flier.
Nina Kogan is a top prize winner of the M.Long Piano Competition in Paris.
She began concertizing at the age of 12. At 13 she started performing with her father,
Leonid Kogan. Theirs grew into a unique collaboration that lasted almost 16 years until
his untimely death in 1982. During these years she was the only pianist he ever performed
with.
Nina Kogan performs a vast variety of chamber music and gives master classes
all over the world.
She has recorded for Deutsche Gramophone, EMISony, Philips, Chant du Monde
etc.
Write letter to Nina:
nkogan@aol.com
ninakogan@hotmail.com
Nina has performed with:
The Orchestra of Bolshoi Theatre |
| Moscow Philharmonic |
| Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Moscow Chamber Orchestra |
| Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Orchestra National de Paris |
| Dresden Philharmonic |
| Stockholm Symphony |
| Lugano Orchestra |
Nina has performed on premier stages all over the world: |
Carnegie Hall and |
| Avery Fisher Hall in New York |
| Concert Halls in Chicago, |
| Boston, Philadelphia, |
| Los Angeles, |
| San Francisco, |
| Detroit, Washington D.C., |
| Hamburg Philharmonic, |
| Theatre Champs Eysees, |
| Mozarteum in Salzburg, |
| Moscow Conservatory and |
| St. Petersburg Philharmonic, |
| Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, |
| Teatro fenice in Venice, |
| Teatro San Carlo in Naples, |
| in all the major halls in Japan. |
