Diliana Momtchilova, cello

Cellist Diliana Momtchilova is active as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, as well as a pedagogue.  She has performed extensively in Europe, the United States, and Canada.  Chief among her numerous awards and honors are first prize at the Washington International Competition and winner of the Juilliard School Haydn D Major Cello Concerto Competition, followed by a performance as a soloist on a Stradivarius cello with the Juilliard School Orchestra at the prestigious Lincoln Center. 
While living in New York, Ms. Momtchilova served as a Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at the Mannes College of Music, Extension Division, and cellist of the celebrated piano trio Alaria, a trio that maintains a tri-annual concert series at Carnegie Weill Hall and has many well-received CDs to its credit.  She holds Master and Doctoral degrees from the Juilliard School, which she attended on a full scholarship under the tutelage of Harvey Shapiro and Zara Nelsova.  As an orchestral musician, Ms. Momtchilova has worked with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Royal Opera Hou5se in London, and Vancouver Symphony among others. She is currently living in Quebec City,3 where she is a member of Orchestre symphonique de Québec.