Denise Djokic

[3] She grew up in a large musical family and first began to learn the cello with her uncle, Pierre Djokic.

She has collaborated with conductors Andrew Litton, Geoffrey Moull, Grant Llewellyn, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Bernhard Gueller, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Avi Ostrovsky, and Kenneth Schermerhorn.

Immediately following the release of her debut recording on the Sony Classical label, Djokic was a featured performer at the 2002 Grammy Awards.

[3] The self-titled CD won great critical acclaim and received a 2002 East Coast Music Award.

Her following recording, Folklore (Allegro/Endeavor), received a JUNO nomination as well as an ECMA, and hit the Billboard chart's top 15 classical CDs.