Daria Janssen, cello

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Daria Janssen is an active cello soloist, chamber musician, piano accompanist and teacher. First Prize winner of the 1997 International Music Competition “Виртуозы -2000”
in St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009 Soloist Competition winner with Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1, winner of 2004 Honors Competition in a trio with Paul Jacobs and Dainius Poudjukas and a Diplomat of the 1998 International Music Competition “Concursul International de Muzica Jeunesses Musicales” in Bucharest, Romania, Daria first appeared as a soloist with Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of nine. In 2006, she received a Participation Diploma at V Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition in Morelia, Mexico and in 1997 was a semi-finalist in Tchaikovsky’s Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Daria began her ‘cello and piano studies at the age of seven at the Kharkov Special Music Boarding School in Ukraine and, later, in the Preparatory Department of the Longy School of Music, where she was a principal ‘cellist of the Young Performers Chamber Orchestra. Over the years Daria had studied ‘cello under professors I. D. Rojavsky, L. S. Nikulina, Terry King, Thomas Kraines, Mihail Jojatu, Marc Johnson and piano under L.A. Podpalnaya, Philis Asseta and Lyubov Shlain.
Daria took part in master classes with cellists Laurence Lesser, John Kaboff, Natasha Brofsky, Andrew Pearce, Kangho Lee, Joshua Gordon and Natalia Gutman.
Daria holds an Undergraduate Diploma with Distinction in Cello Performance from Longy School of Music, Bachelors of Music degree from Emerson College and Master of Music degree with Honor Award for outstanding achievement in String Performance from Boston University.