Kristina Reiko Cooper

Kristina Reiko Cooper is an American cellist known for her work as a recitalist, chamber musician, soloist with orchestra, recording artist, and educator. She has performed internationally with a wide range of orchestras and ensembles, and she has performed and commissioned contemporary works from composers such as Lera Auerbach, Josef Bardanashvili, Kenji Bunch, Mario Davidovsky, Avner Dorman, Tan Dun, Philip Glass, Tania León, Roberto Sierra, and Benjamin Yusupov. She is Co-Director with Joel Sachs of the contemporary music ensemble Continuum, based in New York City.