Anna Litvinenko is a Cuban-Ukrainian, Miami-raised cellist who captivates audiences with her presence, imagination and sincerity. Her sound is filled with conviction yet reveals her love for the more intimate
and fragile moments in music. Now based in the Netherlands, her musical life drifts between the world of Western classical music and the broader creative scene—spanning solo, chamber music and early music to interdisciplinary performances and improvised music.

Since a young age, Anna’s talent and dedication have brought her to many of the world’s finest stages. As a soloist, she has performed with Vienna’s Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Odessa Philharmonic, the
Miami Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Teresa Carreño and the New World Symphony, among many others. Her work as a chamber musician has taken her to venues such as Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Bozar, the John F. Kennedy Center, and Wigmore Hall. She has also been invited to perform at international festivals and concert series, including the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Series, the Gaudeamus Festival, the International Festival of Krakow Composers, MOOT at the Brighton Fringe and the Orlando Festival. Some highlights include the premiere of Lawrence Wilde’s Cello Concerto at Carnegie Hall, as well as performances of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto at the Arte Solidale Festival and Seung-Won Oh’s Concerto for cello and voice with the Ensemble Academy. On a more regular basis, she can be found performing with her close chamber partners—the Chekhov Trio and pianist Danilo Mascetti—musical relationships she has cultivated over the years.

Anna’s career also very much moves between historically informed performance and the creative and interdisciplinary spheres—two spaces that continually inspire and enrich one another. From 2022 to 2024, she performed regularly with the Netherlands Bach Society as a Young Bach Fellow, and from time to time plays with period ensembles like the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and Holland Baroque in
the Netherlands, and Art Cantorum in Montevideo. Her work also frequently crosses into other art forms, from collaborations with poets and visual artists to projects in dance and theater. Much of her early exploration took place with her trio Kalea, composing and improvising through folk, classical and experimental music. She has composed and performed for a choreography in the Nederlands Dans Theater’s Switch ´20. Anna is also an integral part of the Dutch National Opera & Ballet’s production Frieda Belinfante, and last autumn she took part in B.O.X.’s (Baroque Orchestration X) artistic residency to explore the artistic boundaries between early music and her creative work. She is currently pursuing a specialized master’s degree at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, focusing on the chordal harmonization of basso continuo to strengthen her foundation in harmony, counterpoint, and
improvisation.

Anna’s musical personality has been greatly influenced by her teachers, and by the many cities and cultures that broadened her sense of what a musical life can be. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where she studied with Joel Krosnick and the Royal College of Music in London, where she worked with Richard Lester. A Fulbright Grant then brought her to the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague,
where she immersed herself in historically informed performance and the historical cello with Lucia Swarts. An important part of her musical path, however, began at home with her parents—her pianist mother, Sahily Cánovas, and her cellist father, Konstantin Litvinenko, with whom she studied until she graduated high school. Her years in Miami were especially formative: already at the age of twelve, she became the first member of the Miami Symphony Orchestra’s Outstanding Young Artist program, joining the orchestra’s cello section under the direction of Eduardo Marturet. She also attended New World School of the Arts where she studied with Aaron Merritt. Returning as a soloist with the Miami Symphony Orchestra marks a particularly meaningful moment in her career.

All of Anna’s studies were made possible through the generous support of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the Jerome L. Greene Fellowship, the Rose Williams Scholarship, the Holland Scholarship, and the KC’s Excellence Scholarships. Anna is also the recipient of Juilliard’s John Erskine Prize, the KC’s Fock Medaille, Amsterdam Cello Biënnale’s Start in Splendor Prize, From the Top’s Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award, and the Third Prize at the Sphinx Competition. Anna is also a 2012 YoungArts winner, which gave her the opportunity to work with Joshua Bell and Bill T. Jones, among many other distinguished artists.

Catherin Meza is a recent graduate of Florida International University (FIU), where she earned her Master of Music in Vocal Performance. A Miami native, she previously completed her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance at FIU in July 2023. Her passion for music began in the church, where she was introduced to a wide variety of genres, including pop and gospel. In 2019, she began classical voice training under the direction of Karen Nagy. She then continued her studies with Professor Robert B. Dundas, under whose mentorship she completed both her undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Catherin has participated in masterclasses with acclaimed sopranos Patricia Racette and Amy Owens, and has been involved in music festivals, including the Brunetti Festival in Spain, performing with The Wertheim Camerata as a soloist and choir member. During the 2023 and 2024 spring breaks, she joined intensive masterclasses with the Santa Fe Opera and performed in concert with the Young Voices of Santa Fe Opera. She was also selected as a member of Florida Grand Opera’s inaugural class of CANTO, a program designed to support and develop emerging opera talent.

On stage, Catherin has portrayed leading roles with the FIU Opera Theater, including Savitri in Holst’s Savitri, Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Estelle in Weisgall’s The Stronger. She also appeared in the premiere of the zarzuela La Ruta de Don Quijote in Alicante, Spain, performing the roles of Countess Trifaldi and the innkeeper’s daughter. In the summer of 2025, Catherin performed the role of Mimì in Puccini’s La Bohème at the Vienna Summer Music Festival.

Catherin is currently a studio artist with Florida Grand Opera for the 2025-26 season, where she will appear as Madeleine in Kevin Puts’ Silent Night.