Instrument/Department: cello
Joined Hochstein faculty in: 2024
Svetlana Garitselova is a versatile cellist who especially enjoys performing chamber music. She is the principal cellist of Las Vegas Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra and has performed with Andrea Bocelli, Adele, Paul Anka, David Foster, Daniel Emmet, Nevada Ballet, Las Vegas City Opera, and as a soloist throughout North America, Europe, Russia, and Japan.
Svetlana has been a principal cellist of Galina Vishnevskaya Opera center orchestra, Chamber orchestra “Gnessinsky’s Virtuoso,” member of Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra in Moscow, Eastman Philharmonia Orchestra in Rochester NY, University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra, Odysseus Chamber Orchestra, Roberts Wesleyan College-Community Orchestra, and Oswego Opera Ensemble. She was a member of Symphoria, now The Syracuse Orchestra. Svetlana has been an Adjunct Professor at the Roberts Wesleyan College.
A passionate educator who enjoys teaching cello students of all ages and levels, Svetlana is glad to be on faculty at The Hochstein School. She maintains a private cello studio in Rochester NY and coaches chamber ensembles.
Svetlana studied cello with Professor V. Simon at P. I. Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory. She won the 8th International M. Yudina Chamber Music Competition and was awarded a scholarship by I. K. Arkhipova. She also holds a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Professor Harris.
More About Svetlana Garitselova
Hometown: Moscow, Russia
What inspires me: nature, music, people
When I’m not at Hochstein, you can find me: practicing, playing concerts, walking my beagle, pottery lessons or hiking
What people would be surprised to know about me: I play chess daily