Mari Kotskyy

Pianist and Composer

Mari Kotskyy is a composer, arranger and pianist with the unique ability to forge both the classical and the contemporary in stunning alchemy. Her award winning work has been performed internationally as she builds a significant profile as a truly exciting talent.

Based in New York, Mari Kotskyy was born in Hokkaido, Japan. Beginning music lessons at four years of age, she began composition classes when she was six, at the Yamaha School of Music in Japan. Prodigiously talented at such a young age, the exposure to this tuition helped a young musician learn to express and emote through the creation of music. It was in 2008 that Mari moved to New York to study composition at the Julliard School Evening Division under the guidance of Conrad Cummings. Finding time to also study film scoring at Paracademia under the tutelage of Milica Paranosic, Mari has absorbed a broad, rich and enlightening strata of music education, developing a range of sophisticated skills and refining a sharp and powerful talent. Currently she studies at Berklee (online), taking a major in Music Composition for Film, TV and Games. This is a creative who simply refuses to stop growing.

Learn more online at https://www.marikotskyy.com/