Welcome to episode 12 of season one of Resilient Conversations, a podcast by PartnersGlobal that explores different facets of civic space resiliency. In this podcast, PartnersGlobal co-executive director, Roselie Vasquez-Yetter speaks with cellist, Tanya Anisimova, in the fourth in a series of vignettes on the artist collective who collaborated with PartnersGlobal and the International Human Rights Arts Festival.

Cellist, composer, arranger Tanya Anisimova is a unique artist whose performances encompass standard repertoire, original compositions, and otherworldly improvisations with her own vocal accompaniment. Tanya has appeared on the stages of Carnegie Hall in NYC, the Great Hall of The Moscow Conservatory in Russia, The National Cathedral and The National Gallery Of Art in Washington, D.C., Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, Germany, and many more. In 2001, Tanya became the only cellist in the world to ever perform and record the Complete Violin Sonatas and Partitas by J.S. Bach. As a composer, her music is regularly performed by leading musicians in the U.S. and in Europe. Currently, Tanya is working on a new project titled Appalachian Dreams. The idea grew out of reflecting on her experiences during twelve years spent in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

PartnersGlobal is a nonprofit based in Washington, DC that advances resilient civic space throughout the world by focusing on authentic partnership, locally-led solutions, inclusive processes, and conflict sensitivity to bring about more peaceful, secure, just, and accountable societies. Partners envisions a world where civil society thrives, change is managed peacefully, rights are protected, and democracy can flourish. Visit our website at www.partnersglobal.org and follow us on social media. Music for this episode is created by Tuesday Night from Pixabay.