Described as having “authoritative command of her technique, a sumptuous full sound and expressively lyrical phrasing”, Hannah Craig is a versatile Canadian cellist and currently a member of the Victoria Symphony.Aside from her work as an orchestral musician, Craig values her work as...

President & CEO of the Vancouver Academy of Music (VAM), Professor Joseph Elworthy, has been a featured performer on such stages as Alice Tully Hall, Suntory Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, and Sejong Hall. Mr. Elworthy has been named a Fellow of The Royal...

After graduating from the “N. Paganini” conservatory in Genoa, where he studied under the guidance of Nevio Zanardi, Giovanni Scaglione attended some master classes held by Michael Flaksman and Antonio Meneses. In 1997 he enrolled at the Musikhochschule in Basel, in order to study...

“in the front ranks of his generation’s musicians” – Janos Starker“above all else, Elisha’s playing is the voice of candor. It is honest and enthusiastic. He courageously takes chances, decidedly unwilling to hide behind conventional musical gestures” – The New Haven...

A versatile artist, cellist Carol Ou is known for her “fiery, marvelous” and “meltingly melodic outpourings.” (Boston Globe)  As the cellist of the Carpe Diem String Quartet and the Buswell-Ou-Kraft Piano trio, she frequently tours all over the US performing a zesty mix of classical,...

Dr. Mark Churchill has had the privilege of a long career as cellist, conductor, educator, and innovative thinker. He is Dean Emeritus of New England Conservatory’s Department of Preparatory and Continuing Education (now Expanded Education), which he led for 31 years. Under his...

Vladimir Panteleyev is Professor of Cello at Brooklyn College in the City University of New York. He is also a faculty member of the Special Music School of America and the Lucy Moses School at the Elaine Kaufman Center in New York City. Between 1976 and 1991, he served as Professor...

Born in Budapest, Hungary, László Mező began his cello studies at the age of six. He gained national recognition as one of the most talented cellists of his generation when he won First Prize in the “Kertész Ottó Memorial Competition” in 1998. Subsequent successes brought him...

Ronald Lowry is an active performer in many of Boston’s leading musical organizations. Called a “superb cellist” by the Boston Globe’s Richard Dyer, he is the principal cellist of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and the Boston Ballet Orchestra. Former principal cellist of the...

LIU Chu Chuan/ Cellist “…a superb instrumentalist with a beautiful liquid sound — a decisive musician with a most compelling musical profile — one that combines high intelligence, deep sensitivity and emotion, and creative originality.” -Earl Carlyss, former Violinist of...