Mark Kosower – Press

“His tone was both warm and bright, with each note played with clarity and attention to detail.”

” His performance here of Victor Herbert’s Concerto No. 2 was a transcendent musical magnet, riveting in how it gripped and drew us progressively deeper into the work’s dramatic mood shifts.”

“Kosower has made Ginastera’s cello music one of his signatures, as he showed in his intense and loving lead role in the composer’s 1980 Concerto No. 2. …  Kosower’s amazing pitch and supreme focus gave his extended cadenza a grand sweep…”

“…one was grateful for the opportunity to see Kosower in the spotlight and for his singular advocacy of this intriguing work.”

“That Kosower is a champion of the work, an interpreter hand-picked by the composer’s wife, was evident in every moment of a truly stunning performance.”

“He paced the continuous, ever-multiplying variations over a ground bass magnificently, giving the whole movement a satisfying and electrifying architectural sweep. His burnished tone and artistic depth showed how well this powerful music can speak through the cello.”

“…cellist Mark Kosower – made something sparkling and elegant, even ravishing at times.”

“The cellist’s austere artificial harmonics set a tone of anguished isolation in the opening pages…”

“Mark Kosower is a wonderfully eloquent soloist who is a joy to hear…”

“Principal cellist Mark Kosower portrayed Cervantes’ noble but hapless knight with both comic flair and heartful eloquence…”

“Cellist Mark Kosower caught the mercurial nature of his knightly role, sometimes aggressive, other times heroically passionate.”

“Kosower, certainly, made a compelling Quixote. Whether his character’s activities were real or imagined, dramatic or romantic, he acted them out with consummate musical polish and sincerity. To his overtures to an imaginary Dulcinea, this listener could have attended for hours, and his final scene captured the Don’s wistful frame of mind with affectionate precision.”

“Kosower’s cello sang with a fervent voice against a sea of brooding emotion: moving, prayerful, artistically driving toward a higher plane.”

“The ensemble was flawless through to the brilliant closing.”

“In a thrilling and revelatory recital on September 23, Cleveland Orchestra principal cello Mark Kosower and pianist Jee-Won Oh celebrated the centenary of Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera.”

“Kosower’s virtuosity was on almost relentless display. Time and again, one’s jaw dropped as the cellist, suavely bolstered by his partner, exploited his instrument in ways almost beyond belief, to stunning and haunting effect.”

“American cellist Mark Kosower is a fine soloist, working well with the Ulster Orchestra under the redoubtable JoAnn Falletta…”

“Mark Kosower is a red-blooded soloist…”