Dmitri Atapine has been described as a cellist with “brilliant technical chops” (Gramophone), whose playing is “highly impressive throughout” (The Strad). He has appeared on some of the world's foremost stages. An avid chamber musician, he frequently performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and is an alum of The Bowers Program. He is a habitual guest at leading festivals, including Music@Menlo, La Musica Sarasota, Pacific, Aldeburgh, Aix-en-Provence, and Nevada. His performances have been broadcast nationally in the US, Europe, and Asia.

His many awards include First Prize at the Carlos Prieto Cello Competition, as well as top honors at the Premio Vittorio Gui and Plowman chamber competitions.

He has collaborated with such distinguished musicians as Cho-Liang Lin, Paul Neubauer, Ani and Ida Kavafian, Wu Han, Bruno Giuranna, David Finckel, David Shifrin, and the Emerson Quartet. His many recordings include a critically acclaimed world premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s complete works for cello and piano.

He holds a doctorate from the Yale School of Music, where he was a student of Aldo Parisot. Professor of cello at the University of Nevada, Reno, Atapine is the Artistic Director of Apex Concerts and the Ribadesella Chamber Music Festival, as well as the Co-Director of the Young Performers Program at Music@Menlo Chamber Music Institute. Recently, he was named the Artistic Co-Director of the Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City.

Dimitri Atapine photo by DoHyoung Kim