Katherine Audas began playing the cello at age 4 on a step stool in her parent's kitchen. Twenty years later, her passion for the instrument can clearly be heard by audience members.
As she finishes her schooling and begins her music career, she dreams of playing in venues around the world. Katherine enjoys performing as a soloist and as an orchestra member. She also enjoys chamber music and currently plays in a piano trio with her identical twin, Jacqueline, a violinist.
Born in Texas but raised in Idaho, Katherine loves spending time outdoors hiking and camping. She is an avid runner, just recently completing her 5th half-marathon. You can often find her in the kitchen experimenting with new recipes that she shares with family and friends.
February 20, 2021Northshore Chamber Music Festival
Northbrook, IL
March 7, 2020Richardson Symphony Orchestra
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Richardson, TX
Katherine has appeared as a soloist with numerous symphonies, including the Houston Symphony at the Ima Hogg Competition, the Michoacán Symphony, the Shepherd School of Music Symphony Orchestra, the Boise Philharmonic, the Walla Walla Symphony, the San Juan Symphony, the McCall SummerFest Orchestra, and the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra.
She has performed in masterclasses for Gautier Capuçon, Lynn Harrell, Ko Iwasaki, Alisa Weilerstein, Clive Greensmith, Joel Krosnick, and Lawrence Lesser.
Katherine Audas currently is pursuing her masters degree in cello performance with Brinton Averil Smith at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where she holds the Appassionata Endowed Scholarship in Music.
As an undergraduate, she studied with Norman Fischer. She graduated cum laude in 2018 from Rice University with an Bachelor of Music in cello performance.
Prior to college, she studied with Dr. Jesús Castro-Balbi and Dr. William Wharton.
- 2020: First prize, Ann and Charles Eisemann International Young Artists Competition
- 2019: Silver medal at the IX Concurso Internacional Violonchelo Carlos Prieto
- 2019: Finalist and Audience Favorite, Ima Hogg Competition
- 2018: Winner, The Shepherd School of Music Concerto Competition
- 2016: Grand Prize at the Enkor International Music Competition
- 2015: Gold Medal and the Audience Favorite Award at the Young Texas Artists Music Competition
- Barber: Concerto in A minor
- Bloch: Schelomo Rhapsodie Hebraique
- Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor
- Dvorak: Concerto in B minor
- Elgar: Concerto in E minor
- Haydn: Concerto in C Major
- Haydn: Concerto in D Major
- Lalo: Concerto in D minor
- Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante
- Saint-Saens: Concerto in A minor
- Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Katherine performs on a composite 1696 Grancino cello.