Valeria Vilker-Kuchment
![Valeria Vilker-Kuchment](https://necmusic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/fac_Vilker-KuchmentValeria_byMichaelLutch-738x936.jpg)
Education and Training
BM, Gnesiny State Musical Pedagogical Institute in Moscow; GD, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Studied violin with Yuri Yankelevich.
Awards and Recognition
First Prize, International Piano Trio Competition in Munich
First Prize, International Violin Competition in Prague
Collaborations
Etienne Espagne and the Onslow String QuartetValeria Vilker-Kuchment
Division: Expanded Education
Department: Violin
Instrument: Violin
Violinist Valeria Vilker-Kuchment is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared as a recitalist, soloist, and chamber musician throughout the former Soviet Union, Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy, and France. As a chamber musician, she has performed with Gil Shaham, Garrick Ohlsson, and Emanuel Ax.
Since coming to the United States, Vilker-Kuchment has performed throughout the country, winning critical acclaim for her appearances in Boston, Washington, and New York’s Lincoln Center. Vilker-Kuchment has also been first violin for the Apple Hill Chamber Players, and concertmaster for the Harvard Chamber Orchestra, the Handel and Haydn Society, and the Boston Philharmonic.
Valeria Vilker-Kuchment has been a member of the New England Conservatory faculty since 1981. Her students are members of leading orchestras and chamber groups in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Recordings on Melodiya, USSR, Sine Qua Non, Sonora, Boston. Former faculty of Moscow Conservatory. Also faculty of the Tanglewood Music Center and Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
Photo by Michael J. Lutch/courtesy BSO
Curriculum Vitae
BM, Gnesiny State Musical Pedagogical Institute in Moscow; GD, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Studied violin with Yuri Yankelevich.
- First Prize, International Piano Trio Competition in Munich
- First Prize, International Violin Competition in Prague