Tanya Tomkins (August 6-12)

Cellist Tanya Tomkins received her Soloist Diploma from The Hague Conservatory in The Netherlands, where she studied with Anner Bijlsma. While in Holland, where she lived for fourteen years, she became interested in early instruments. She founded the Trio d'Amsterdam, which toured extensively throughout Europe and made their New York debut at the Frick Collection. The trio has been recorded on the Koch label. In 2001 Ms. Tomkins won the Bodky Competition for Early Music Soloists in Boston. Currently Ms. Tomkins is principal cello of the Portland Baroque Orchestra and co-principal cellist of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco, with whom she has also appeared as a soloist. In addition, she has been featured as a soloist with the American Bach Soloists and with the Mozart Festival Orchestra in San Luis Obispo. She performs regularly in recitals with pianist and fortepianist Eric Zivian (for information, see their web site: ziviantomkinscuo.org) and they have recorded a CD of the Beethoven Sonatas soon to released on the Centaur label. Ms Tomkins is also active as a chamber musician on the modern cello. She has appeared on the "Great Performers Series" at Lincoln Center, the "Meet the Virtuoso Series" at the 92nd St Y, and San Francisco Performances, to critical acclaim. Her recordings on modern cello include the quartets of Debussy and Ravel for Vanguard Classics with the Euridice Quartet (with members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra) and an all Schubert CD with the SoLaRe String Trio on the Ottavo label. Ms. Tomkins appears regularly at the Moab Music Festival.

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