Edvard Pogossian

Professor of Cello

Edvard Pogossian (cello) enjoys a varied performing career, working with orchestras such as the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Royal Northern Sinfonia. He has guest led the cello sections of the Oslo Philharmonic and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. As the winner of the Juilliard Concerto Competition, Edvard performed the Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations at David Geffen Hall in New York and at the Harris Theater in Chicago with the Juilliard Orchestra under the direction of Itzhak Perlman.

The Chicago Tribune praised Edvard’s performance for his “astonishing musical and technical maturity,” as well as his “winning lightness of touch to everything he played, combined with a velvety tone.” He has also appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, and the New Mexico Philharmonic. Edvard was the proud Overall Winner, Strings Winner and Audience Prize Winner at the Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition in 2022. His debut album, Journey through Armenia, was released in 2022 with Linn Records, and includes a world premiere of Tigran Hamasyan’s cello sonata.

Edvard has attended Yellow Barn and the Marlboro Festival, where he was from 2019 to 2022. Highly committed to chamber music, he is a member of Trio Isimsiz, who have performed throughout Europe, most notably at the Wigmore Hall.