Elena Denny - Cellist

Elena Denny is currently pursuing a master's degree in Cello Performance at the University of Minnesota, studying with Tanya Remenikova. Elena won the second place prize in the Strings III division of the 2017 Bruce P. Carlson Student Scholarship Competition in St. Paul. She completed her bachelor's degree at Illinois Wesleyan University where she studied with Nina Gordon and performed the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto with the Illinois Wesleyan University Civic Orchestra as a winner of the Henry Charles Memorial Concerto/Aria Competition. Elena has participated twice in the International Chamber Music Academy in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, where she studied with cellist, Anatoli Krastev. Other private teachers include Teddy Rankin-Parker in Chicago, IL and Silvio Righini in Milan, Italy.