TANYA TOMKINS (violoncello) received her Soloist Diploma from The Hague Conservatory in The Netherlands, where she studied with Anner Bijlsma. While in Holland, where she lived for fourteen years, she became interested in early instruments. She founded the Trio d'Amsterdam, which toured extensively throughout Europe and made their New York debut at the Frick Collection. The trio has been recorded on the Koch label. In 2001 Ms. Tomkins won the Bodky Competition for Early Music Soloists in Boston. She has been featured as a soloist with the American Bach Soloists, the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, and the Mozart Festival Orchestra in San Luis Obispo. In addition, Ms. Tomkins has played principal 'cello of the Portland Baroque Orchestra and co-principal 'cellist of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco, with whom she has also appeared as a soloist. She performs regularly in recitals with pianist and fortepianist Eric Zivian (for information, see their web site: ziviantomkinscuo.org) and they have recorded a CD of the Beethoven Sonatas for the Centaur label. She has just completed a recording of Kummer Cello Duets with cellist, Phoebe Carrai, for Avie Records. Ms. Tomkins is also active as a chamber musician on the modern cello. She has appeared on the "Great Performers Series" at Lincoln Center, the "Meet the Virtuoso Series" at the 92nd St Y, and San Francisco Performances, to critical acclaim. She has also appeared numerous times in the Concertgebouw Recital Hall in Amsterdam as recitalist and chamber musician, as well as in many other halls throughout Europe, Israel, and the United States. Her recordings on modern 'cello include the quartets of Debussy and Ravel for Vanguard Classics with the Euridice Quartet (with members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra) and an all Schubert CD with the SoLaRe String Trio on the Ottavo label. Ms. Tomkins appears regularly at the Moab Music Festival and is currently a member of the San Francisco string trio, the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, which specializes in contemporary music.

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