Kairy Koshoeva earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. She also holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow, and an Artist Diploma certificate from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. She joined the NSMS faculty in 2015.
Dr. Koshoeva has garnered awards from around the globe, including top prizes at the International Piano Competition in Vicenza, Italy and the N. Rubinstein Competition in Paris; the Gold Medal at the 2004 Rachmaninoff Awards in Moscow; and first prize at the Chautauqua Music Festival concerto competition in New York. In 2003, her home country awarded her the prestigious title of Honored Artist of Kyrgyzstan. She has performed in Israel, France, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Switzerland, and the U.S. In 2013, Dr. Koshoeva received the Marian Bowker Davidson Collaborative Pianist Award for her performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations with the Owen/Cox Dance Group. She also earned the 2015 Berta Eisberg Award for collaboration with Owen/Cox performing Hindemith’s Ludus Tonalis.
She has studied with Bella Zubok, Faina Kharmatz, Michael Burshtin (Kyrgyzstan/Israel), Vera Nosina (Moscow), Monique Duphil (Oberlin), and Robert Weirich (UMKC); and was coached by renowned pianist Lazar Berman in Weimar Master Classes.
Dr. Koshoeva enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. While in Kansas City, she taught music at a host of higher learning institutions including Avila, Park, and Rockhurst Universities, UMKC, and the University of Kansas. Many of her students have won prestigious piano competitions, some leading to performances in Carnegie Hall. Dr. Koshoeva was interviewed for Princeton Info in 2022.