Enjoying both international and national recognition, cellist Rebecca Hartka has been lauded as a "virtuosic and passionate" performer. In May 2009, Hartka made her international solo debut with the Saint-Saens cello concerto in Vietnam and Thailand, on a three week tour of Southeast Asia, also performing recitals in such venues as the American embassy in Hanoi. Her performance was reviewed by a local paper as ".... no less than magical and eloquent."
Active as a solo and chamber recitalist as well as concerto soloist, in 2009 Hartka appeared in the Exploring the Arts series, the 88 Keys series, and the Jazz and More series, in addition to several solo and chamber music tours across New England and Montana. Numerous other performances include an appearance in the SAPAS Performing Arts series, the Newton Free Library series, as a featured soloist for the Project Guggenheim's "the Art of Compassion in a Time of War" and in such prestigious venues as the Boston Athenaeum and the Boston Center for the Arts.
As an Adjunct Assistent Professor of Cello, Rebecca taught at Montana State University from 2007-2010, while also serving as the Assistent Principal of the Bozeman Symphony and the Intermountain Opera Company.
As a four year recipient of the Deans Scholar Award, Performance Award and member of Phi Kappa Lambda, the National Music Honors Society, Hartka earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Cello performance in 2007 and a MM in 2002 at Boston University College of Fine Arts. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Cello Performance at the Oberlin Conservatory and College. Her teachers have included Leslie Parnas, Rhonda Rider, Clive Greensmith, Andor Toth, Peter Rejto, and Douglas Moore.