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Gene Koshinski
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“Jaw-dropping virtuosity and a flair for the unexpected” (PBS) is why Gene Koshinski has delighted audiences worldwide with his dynamic performances and creative programming. Best known for his extraordinary versatility as a solo, chamber, symphonic, jazz, pop, and world music artist/composer, Koshinski serves as professor of percussion at the University of Delaware. He has performed in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Jordan, Slovenia, the U.K., Canada, and throughout the United States; including over 200 guest performances/lectures at some of the most prestigious institutions in the world.

As a composer, his works have been performed in more than forty countries, in five continents, with hundreds of performances per year and his landmark book, TWO, is currently used in more than seventy-five universities. While his compositions are most often heard in the concert hall, they have also been heard in television, film, art museums, and ballet productions.

Koshinski has performed with many celebrated artists/organizations including NFL Films, Late Show with David Letterman, Mary Wilson (the Supremes), David Samuels, Wycliffe Gordon, Ingrid Jensen, Tom Harrell, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Philadelphia Boys Choir, The Lettermen, Hartford Symphony, Minnesota Ballet, Percussive Arts Society International Convention (nine appearances), and as principal percussionist for the Duluth Symphony for the past fifteen years. Koshinski is a founding member of Quey Percussion Duo, an internationally acclaimed group that has dazzled audiences with their unmistakable style for the past nineteen years. Koshinski recently became a member of Relâche, one of the country's oldest nonprofit chamber ensembles of more than forty years.

His performances have been heard on the CBS, PBS, ESPN and TBS/TNT television networks, on Netflix as well as NPR, and he has recorded for the Naxos, Innova, Centaur, MSR Classics, and Equilibrium record labels. He is sponsored by Pearl/Adams Instruments, Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, and Remo Drumheads, and his works are published by Tapspace, Bachovich Publications, and his own publishing company One Two Press.