Cello Sonatas
Alexander Kniazev began studying cello at the age of six with  such teachers as Alexander Fedorchenko and professor G. Kozlova. His prizes  include the first prize in the National Competition in Vilnius, third prize  in the Gaspar Cassado International Competition in Florence, first prize in  the UNISA International Competition in Pretoria and many more. His enormous repertoire includes a huge number of cello compositions and  many works for organ. He continues to add to the cello repertoire. In  January 2000 he first performed his own arrangement of the Chaconne from  Bach D minor Partita for violin, and in April the same year he performed  five Mozart 'cello concertos', including the Symphonie Concertante arranged  for violin and cello.Edouard Oganessian began studying the piano at the age of five and the  organ ten years later. At eighteen he entered the Tchaikovsky Conservatory  in Moscow, where his teachers were Mikhail Voskressensky and Leonid  Roysman.  Edouard Oganessian is the winner of the International Franz Liszt organ  competition in Budapest in 1988, he appeared in solo recitals and with the  national orchestras of Russia, Bielorussia, Latvia and Lithuania. At the moment he lives in France, where he teaches piano at the  Conservatoire Charles Munch and takes part in numerous international  festivals as well a number of interesting recording projects.