Born in Ekaterinburg, Russia, Anastasia Kobekina is known for her breathtaking musicality and technique, her extraordinary versatility and infectious personality. After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory, she studied at Kronberg Academy in Germany, at Berlin College of the Arts and at the Paris Conservatory with Jerome Pernoo. She is currently completing postgraduate studies at Frankfurt College of Music and Performing Arts. With a broad repertoire, Anastasia Kobekina has established herself as one of the most exciting cellists of the younger generation.

She has already performed as soloist with world-renowned orchestras. Highlights of the 2023/24 season included concerts with the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich conducted by Paavo Järvi, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jakub Hrusa, the Orchester National du Capitole de Toulouse, the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, the Orchester National de Belgique and appearances at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and Rheingau Music Festival. As a chamber musician, she regularly performs with renowned artists such as Lars Vogt, Isabelle Faust, Fazıl Say, Gidon Kremer and András Schiff. This musician has also received numerous awards, most recently the Leonard Bernstein Award from the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 2024. Her instrument, a 1698 Stradivarius cello is on generous loan from the Stradivari Foundation Habisreutinger.