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Tea at Three: Nikita and Yihan Zhang Annenkova

Join us for an afternoon devoted to showcasing the versatility and expressive power of the cello and piano with husband and wife duo Nikita and Yihan Zhang Annenkova.

Join us for an afternoon devoted to showcasing the versatility and expressive power of the cello and piano with husband and wife duo Nikita and Yihan Zhang Annenkova.

Cellist Nikita Annenkov is a first generation American of Russian-Uzbek descent who started playing cello at 7 years old. He is currently an associate cellist of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and has participated in Columbus’ own Chamber Music Connection both as a fellow student and a teacher, as well as music festivals such as Interlochen Center for the Arts, Orford Music Academy, Chautauqua Festival
and Glenn Korff School of Music Chamber Music Institute and NPR’s From the Top! Nikita has also participated in numerous masterclasses with world renowned cellists such as Robert DeMaine, Nathaniel Rosen, Alisa Weilerstein and Johannes Moser, as well as chamber music artists such as Chiara, Jupiter, Ying and Cavani Quartets and Claremont Trio.

Praised for her “elegant poetic virtuosity” and “subtlety stylishness”(via World Journal Newspaper, LA), pianist Yihan Zhang Annenkova embarked on her piano journey at age three, gave her first public recital the following year. At age nine Yihan made her concerto debut with China National Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Li Xiao-Lu, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.17. In 2010, Yihan moved to the United States to continue her pre-college music education at Northwestern University under professor Alan Chow. Currently residing in Columbus, Yihan divides her time between teaching, solo and collaborative performances, and abstract painting, photography and cooking in between.

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