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Kamila Dotta

Kamila Dotta, a Uruguayan cellist raised in Venezuela, is an active chamber, solo, and orchestral musician and First Prize winner of the 2026 Sphinx Orchestral Partners Auditions, where she also received the Sphinx Competition’s Most Outstanding Cellist Award for the second consecutive year.

She serves as Associate Principal Cello of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra and is a core member of the Owensboro Symphony, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, and the Orchestra San Antonio.

She has performed with Yo-Yo Ma at the Smithsonian’s Great Americans Medal ceremony and collaborated with him in Music Art Life – Bach, a filmed workshop exploring J.S. Bach and music as a medium of human connection. She has also appeared in orchestral collaborations with artists including Andrea Bocelli and Jacob Collier.

A former cello fellow at the New World Symphony, Dotta is committed to cultural diversity and contemporary creation, leading interdisciplinary projects integrating music, visual art, and dance. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with members of the Takács, Dover, Brentano, and Carpe Diem Quartets and received a Starling Foundation Award as a member of a string quartet, leading to a residency in Italy and performances across Europe. She is a Doctoral Candidate at Indiana University, studying with Eric Kim, and holds degrees from Rice University and the University of Colorado Boulder.