Natalia Khoma


Natalia Khoma is a Ukrainian-born cellist. She is the first and only Ukrainian cellist to become a laureate of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Russia.
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Early life and education

Natalia Khoma was born in Lviv, Ukraine. She studied at the Solomia Krushelnytska School with Evhen Shpitzer, and at the Moscow Conservatory with Natalia Shakhovskaya. She also completed an Artist Diploma from Boston University under the direction of Leslie Parnas.

Career

Khoma made her first public appearance on TV at age ten and performed her first concerto with an orchestra at age thirteen. She has performed as a soloist with the Berlin Radio Orchestra, Moscow Radio Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Ukrainian National State Symphony Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble of New York City Symphony Orchestra, and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. She has also performed solo and duo recitals with pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky.
Khoma is a Professor of Cello at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC, Director of the Charleston Music Fest and President of the Board of Music and Art Center of Greene County, NY. Khoma has been a professor at the Lviv Conservatory in Ukraine, Roosevelt University College of Music in Chicago, Michigan State University and was a visiting professor of the University of Connecticut School of Music.
For several years, Khoma played a Stradivarius cello. In 2010, Khoma was featured on Gnattali: Solo & Chamber Works For Guitar, for which Marc Regnier was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance. Natalia’s CD of Johann Sebastian Bach Six Cello Suites was released in August 2018 by Sheva Collection, based in the UK. Ermanno De Stefani, CEO and Founder of Sheva Collection commented: “Wonderful achievement for a Sheva CD: Bach Cello Suites, magically performed by Natalia Khoma, has been downloaded/streamed 220.215 times in one month ”. This is the quote from its website page: “ Best Seller CD Ever: Natalia Khoma’s Bach Cello Suites!”
In February 2020, Khoma performed in 18 concerts during a North American tour as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, with management by Columbia Artists. In February of 2024, Khoma once again toured with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.

Awards

Honors

Discography

  • 1995 Music of Virko Baley “Orpheus singing”, TNC/Cambria Records
  • 1996 Music of Ami Maayani, IMP
  • 1996 Music of Adam Khudoyan, Ongaku Records
  • 1997 Chamber music of Arensky and Tchaikovsky, Russian Disc
  • 1998 Music of Schubert and Schumann, TNC/Cambria Records
  • 1998 Trios by Lyatoshinsky TNC/ Cambria records
  • 2001 Concertos of Haydn with Kyiv Camerata Chamber Orchestra, TNC/Cambria Records
  • 2002 "Treny", TNC/Cambria Records
  • 2004 Music of Krommer, Naxos
  • 2004 Sonatas of Beethoven and Rachmaninov, Blue Griffin Records
  • 2006 “Dances”, Blue Griffin Records
  • 2006 “DSCH”, Music of Schostakovich, Suoni e Colori, France
  • 2010 “Sing we now of Christmas”, MSR Classics, Taylor Festival Choir; Robert Taylor, Conductor
  • 2010 Radames Gnattali, Solo and Chamber Works for Guitar, Marc Regnier, guitar; Dorian sono luminus
  • 2010 Rachmaninov Trio and Vynnytsky “Lost Tango” Centaur Records
  • 2010 Sonatas of Brahms and Shostakovich, Centaur Records
  • 2012 “La Mer”, Claude Debussy, Sonata for Cello and Piano; Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano; Suoni e Colori, France
  • 2014 Saint-Saens Concerto with Symphony orchestra of Lysenko Lviv Music Academy, Suoni e Colori, France
  • 2014 “Concert”, Chausson Piano Trio, Alexandre Brussilovsky, violin; Volodymyr Vynnytsky, piano; Suoni e Colori, France
  • 2014 Cello Duos, Centaur Records
  • 2015 “Tempo do Brasil”, Marc Regnier, classical guitar, V.Vynnytsky, piano; Reference Recordings
  • 2016 “Celtic Mass”, music of McGlynn and MacMillan; Taylor Festival Choir; Robert Taylor, Conductor; Delos Productions, Inc.
  • 2018 J. S. Bach Six Suites for Solo Cello; Sheva Collection

Published book

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Selected appearances - concert halls

  • Hylton Center, George Mason University, 02/25/2024
  • North Penn High School Theatre, Lansdale PA, 02/24/2024
  • Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy NY, 02/22/2024
  • Hamel Music Center, 02/20/2024
  • Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center, Kansas City MO, 02/18/2024
  • Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center, 02/16/2024
  • Wellin Hall, Hans H Schambach Center, 02/12/2024
  • Bailey Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 02/10/2024
  • Jesse Auditorium, 02/29/2020
  • Sauder Concert Hall, 02/28/2020
  • Center for the Arts Concert Hall, 02/22/2020
  • George Washington Auditorium, 02/20/2020
  • Givens Performing Arts Center, 02/18/2020
  • Theatre at Mayo Arts Center, 02/16/2020
  • Mechanics Hall, 02/14/2020
  • Weis Center for the Performing Arts, 02/09/2020
  • Lviv Philharmonic Hall, 11/25/2007, 9/2008, 09/25/2012, 12/04/2012, 12/26/2019
  • Gaillard Center, 10/27/2007, 04/17/2019
  • Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre, 11/13/1999, 11/13/2000, 03/25/2018
  • Tempe Center for the Arts, 04/23/2017
  • Great Hall of Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, 12/23/2016
  • Great Hall of Lviv National Academy of Music, 12/25/2015
  • Philharmonic Big Hall of Columns, 09/30/2006, 12/18/2015
  • Baker Hall Zoellner Arts Center, 10/19/2014
  • Sottile Theatre, 3/13, 3/14 and 3/15/2014
  • Simons Center, 08/16/2012
  • Carnegie Hall Main Hall Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, 11/29/2011
  • Zamek Bludov, 06/18/2011
  • Odesa Philharmonic Theatre, 05/29/2010
  • Britton Recital Hall, 04/18/2004, 04/22/2003, 11/07/2009
  • Teatro de Santa Isabel in Recife, 12/12/2007
  • Salons de Boffrand de la Presidence du Senat, 11/13/2006
  • Amphitheatre Richelieu de la Sorbonne, 11/10/2006
  • Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 10/2006
  • Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg, 08/13/2006
  • Baxter Theatre Centre Concert Hall, 08/19/2006
  • Auditorium Gilles de la Rocque, 2/27-2/28/2006
  • Rockville Center, 11/02/2005
  • Carnegie Hall Weil Recital Hall, 11/21/1994, 05/29/2002, 05/29/2005
  • Fine Arts Center, 10/28/2005
  • The Governor’s Palace, 4/10/1999, 9/24/2005, 09/20/2004
  • Doc Rando Recital Hall, 11/09/2003
  • Bing Theater, 11/12/2003
  • Von der Mehden Recital Hall, 04/16/2003, 10/16/2003
  • Le Petit Trianon Concert Hall, 10/27/2002
  • Music Recital Hall, 10/24/2002
  • Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 11/10/2001
  • McKenna Theatre SUNY, 07/28/2001
  • Chicago Cultural Center, 08/27/1999
  • Trinity Church Broadway at Wall Street, 07/29/1999
  • Rudolph Ganz Memorial Hall Chicago Musical College, 02/18/1999
  • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 4/5/1996, 2/3/1997, 2/7/1997, 2/28/1999
  • Regenstein Recital Hall, 10/11/1998
  • Swope Hall Auditorium, 04/18/1998
  • Dalton Center Recital Hall, 02/04/1998
  • Ward Recital Hall The Catholic University of America, 10/26/1997
  • Black Box Theatre, 09/12/1997
  • Sweeney Concert Hall Sage Hall, 04/05/1997
  • Jordan Hall, 07/09/1996
  • Merkin Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 11/29/1992, 03/26/1996
  • Tonhalle St. Gallen, 03/09/1996
  • Ohio University Recital Hall, 07/22/1996
  • Henry Crown Auditorium, 07/1995
  • Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Sidney Laurence Theatre, 09/23/1995
  • Grand Hall at Queen's University, 01/22/1995
  • Marston Theatre, 01/05/1995
  • Bernheim Hall, 04/10/1994
  • Tsai Performance Center, 01/28/1993
  • Theatre "Principal", 05/08/1992
  • Teatro - Sala De Conciertos, Centro Cultural Caixa Vigo, 05/05/1992
  • Teatro Juan Bravo, 04/30/1992
  • Palais des Beux Arts, 10/1990
  • Conservatoire de Musique de Bruxelles, 10/1990
  • Great Hall of Norwegian Academy of Music, 11/1990
  • Tchaikovsky Hall, 06/1990
  • Esterhazy Palace, 05/1990
  • Small Hall of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, 05/1990
  • Cremona Opera Theatre, 03/1990
  • Rachmaninov Hall of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, 09/1987
  • Schauspielhaus, 03/20/1987
  • Chamber Music House, 05/1986
  • Great Hall of Franz Liszt Academy of Music, 10/1985
  • Great Hall of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, 05/1985