Since winning the All-Ukrainian Competition in 1981, cellist Natalia Khoma has won top prizes at the Budapest, Pablo Casals, Markneukirchen and Tchaikovsky international competitions, as well as first prize at the 1990 Belgrade International Cello Competition. A native of L'viv, Ukraine, she studied at the L'viv Central Music School and the L'viv Conservatory and at the Moscow Conservatory with Natalia Shakhovskaya. She has performed as a soloist with the Berlin Radio Orchestra, Belgrade and Budapest Philharmonic Orchestras and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra.
