Catherine Cosbey

Violinist Catherine Cosbey leads a varied career as a chamber musician and educator. She has been a member of the Cavani String Quartet since 2019, and has performed with the Cecilia String Quartet and the Linden String Quartet, in which she was a founding member. Her performances, described by the Strad Magazine as “polished, radiant, and incisive,” have taken her to venues and festivals across the US, Canada, and Europe, including the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Ottawa Chamber Fest, Detroit Chamber Music Society, Esterhazy String Quartet Festival, and Festpiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Catherine has been awarded the Gold Medal and Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the ProQuartet Prize at the 9th Borciani String Quartet Competition. She is co-artistic director of the Regina Chamber Music Festival, and she currently serves on the violin and chamber music faculty of McGill University’s Schulich School of Music.