List of cellists
A person who plays the cello is called a cellist. This list of notable cellists is divided into three categories: 1) Living Classical Cellists; 2) Deceased Classical Cellists; 3) Non-classical Cellists.
The cello (/ˈtʃɛloʊ/ chel-oh; plural cellos or celli) is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments.
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Living classical cellists
A
- Jamal Aliyev (born 1993, Azerbaijan)
- Tanya Anisimova (born 1966, Russian, also a composer)
- Julian Armour (born 1960, Canadian)
B
- Michael Bach (born 1958, Germany, also composer and visual artist)
- Soo Bae (born 1977, Korean-Canadian, living in United States)
- Zuill Bailey (born 1972, United States)
- Alexander Baillie (born 1956, England)
- Matthew Barley (born 1965, England)
- Maya Beiser (born 1968, Israel, moved to the United States, new classical music)
- Emmanuelle Bertrand (born 1971, France)
- Coenraad Bloemendal (born 1946, Netherlands, moved to Canada)
- Mike Block (born 1982, United States)
- Becca Bradley (born 1991, United States)
- Andreas Brantelid (born 1987, Denmark)
- Carter Brey (born 1954, United States)
- František Brikcius (living, Czech Republic)
- Denis Brott (born 1950, Canada)
- Mario Brunello (born 1960, Italy)
- Anner Bylsma (born 1934, Netherlands, baroque cello)
C
- Gautier Capuçon (born 1976, France)
- Colin Carr (born 1957, England)
- Phoebe Carrai (born 1955, United States, baroque and other historical styles)
- Jesús Castro-Balbi (living, of Peruvian descent, moved from France to the United States)
- Han-na Chang (born 1982, South Korea, also a conductor)
- Young-Chang Cho (born 1958, South Korea)
- Chu Yibing (born 1966, China)
- Myung-wha Chung (born 1944, Korean)
- Lluís Claret (born 1951, Andorra)
- Natalie Clein (born 1977, England)
- Bruno Cocset (born 1963, France)
- Christophe Coin (born 1958, France)
- Emilio Colón (born in Puerto Rico, also a composer and conductor)
D
- Robert deMaine (born 1969, United States)
- William De Rosa (living, United States)
- Rohan de Saram (born 1939, England, also contemporary music)
- Roel Dieltiens (born 1957, Belgium, baroque and modern cello)
- Denise Djokic (born 1980, Canada)
E
- Angela East (born 1949, UK, continuo player and member of Red Priest)
- Timothy Eddy (living, United States, a founding member of the Orion String Quartet)
F
- Yosif Feigelson (born 1955, Latvia)
- David Finckel (born 1951, United States, founding former member of the Emerson String Quartet)
- Amanda Forsyth (born 1966, Canada)
- Eugene Friesen (born 1952, United States)
- Michaela Fukačová (living, Czech Republic)
G
- Sol Gabetta (born 1981, Argentina)
- Ophelie Gaillard (b. 1974, France)
- Igor Gavrish (born 1945, Russian)
- Alban Gerhardt (born 1969, Germany)
- David Geringas (born 1946, Lithuania)
- Rudolf Gleißner (born 1942, Germany)
- Kristin von der Goltz (born 1966, Germany, period instrument)
- Natalia Gutman (born 1942, Russian)
H
- Matt Haimovitz (born 1970, Israel)
- Richard Harwood (born 1979, England)
- Ofra Harnoy (born 1965, Israel)
- Lynn Harrell (born 1944, United States)
- Stjepan Hauser (born 1986, Croatia)
- Frans Helmerson (born 1945, Sweden)
- Desmond Hoebig (born 1961, Canada)
- Louise Hopkins (born 1968, England)
I
- Steven Isserlis (born 1958, England)
- Sergei Istomin (Russian, resides in Belgium, period instruments, also plays viola da gamba)
- Yuki Ito (born 1990, Japan)
J
- Guy Johnston (born 1981, England)
K
- Anssi Karttunen (born 1960, Finland)
- Paul Katz (living, United States, founding member of the Cleveland Quartet)
- Jonah Kim (born 1988, South Korea)
- Ralph Kirshbaum (born 1946, United States)
- Maria Kliegel (born 1952, Germany)
- Jacob Koranyi (born 1983, Sweden)
- Nina Kotova (born in Soviet Union, lives in the United States)
- Anatoli Krastev (born 1947, Bulgaria)
- Josef Krecmer (born 1958, Czech Republic)
- Joel Krosnick (born 1941, United States, was member of Juilliard String Quartet)
- Wieland Kuijken (born 1938, Belgium, baroque cello and viola da gamba, also a conductor)
- Friedemann Kupsa (born 1943, Austria)
- Aage Kvalbein (born 1947, Norway)
L
- David Lale (Australian cellist) (born 1962, England)
- David Lale (British cellist) (born 1981, England)
- Gerard Le Feuvre (born 1962, Channel Islands)
- Trey Lee Chui-yee (born 1973, Hong Kong)
- Mats Lidström (born 1959, Sweden)
- Jaap ter Linden (born 1947, Netherlands, baroque cello)
- Gavriel Lipkind (born 1977, Israel)
- Julian Lloyd Webber (born 1951, England)
- Sam Lucas (born 1996, Australia)
M
- Yo-Yo Ma (born 1955 in France, raised and living in the United States)
- Mischa Maisky (born 1948, Latvia)
- Brian Manker (living, Canada)
- Jonathan Manson (living, born in Scotland, period instruments, also plays viola da gamba)
- Alain Meunier (born 1942, France)
- Antônio Meneses (born 1957, Brazil)
- Ivan Monighetti (born 1948, Poland)
- John Moran (born 1963, United States, baroque cello)
- Truls Mørk (born 1961, Norway)
- Johannes Moser (born 1979, Germany, lives in Canada)
- Philippe Muller (born 1946, France)
- Daniel Müller-Schott (born 1976, Germany)
- Lorne Munroe (born 1924, United States)
N
- Steven Sharp Nelson (born 1977, United States, member Of The Piano Guys)
- Clancy Newman (born 1977, United States)
- Şerban Nichifor (born 1954, Romania, also a composer)
- Arto Noras (born 1942, Finland)
- Nancy Lenehan (born 1953, United States, learning to play)[1]
O
- Kevin Olusola (born 1988, United States)
P
- Johann Sebastian Paetsch (born 1964, United States)
- Paolo Pandolfo (born 1964, Italy, viola da gamba)
- Aldo Parisot (born 1921, Brazil)
- Saerom Park (born 1981, South Korea)
- Vito Paternoster (born circa 1963 [estimated from other dates], Italy, also a conductor and composer)
- Samuli Peltonen (born 1981, Finland)
- David Pereira (born 1953, Australia)
- Miklós Perényi (born 1948, Hungary)
- Luigi Piovano (living, Italy, baroque and modern cellos, also a conductor)
- Anthony Pleeth (born 1948, England, baroque cello, son and student of William Pleeth)
- Carlos Prieto (born 1937, Mexico)
Q
- Jean-Guihen Queyras (born 1976 in Canada, lives in France, plays baroque and modern cellos)
- Misha Quint (born 1960 in Soviet Union, moved to the United States)
R
- Giovanni Ricciardi (born 1968, Italy)
- Sharon Robinson (born 1954, United States)
- (Kyril) Kirill Rodin (born 1963, Russian)
- Shauna Rolston (born 1967, Canada)
- Joshua Roman (born 1983, United States)
- Alexei Romanenko (born 1974 in Soviet Union, moved to the United States)
- Nathaniel Rosen (born 1948, United States)
- Martti Rousi (born 1960, Finland)
- Alexander Rudin (born 1960, Russian)
- Martin Rummel (born 1974, Austria)
S
- John Sant’Ambrogio (born 1932, United States)
- Sara Sant'Ambrogio (born circa 1960 [estimated], United States)
- Julian Schwarz (born 1991, United States)
- Inbal Segev (born in Israel, lives in the United States)
- Tessa Seymour (born 1993, United States)
- Natalia Shakhovskaya (born 1935, Russian)
- Fred Sherry (born 1948, United States)
- Andrew Shulman (born 1960, England, also a conductor and composer)
- Anna Shuttleworth (born 1927, England)
- Vedran Smailović (born 1956, Bosnia and Herzogovina, lives in Northern Ireland)
- Giovanni Sollima (born 1962, Italy, also a composer)
- Pierre Strauch (born 1958, France)
- Peter Stumpf (United States)
- Luka Šulić (born 1987, Slovenia)
- Hidemi Suzuki (born 1957, Japan, period instruments, also a conductor)
T
- Ronald Thomas (born 1952, United States)
- Doron Toister (born 1957, Israel)
- Fiona Thompson (born in England, lives in the United States)
- Bion Tsang (born 1967, United States)
U
- Frances-Marie Uitti (born 1946, United States, also a composer)
V
- Laura van der Heijden (born 1997, England)
- Jan Vogler (born 1964 in Germany, lives in the United States)
W
- Nathan Waks (born 1951, Australia)
- Raphael Wallfisch (born 1953, England)
- Jian Wang (born 1968, China)
- Wendy Warner (living, United States)
- Graham Waterhouse (born 1962, England, also a composer)
- David Watkin (born 1965, England)
- Paul Watkins (born 1970, Wales)
- Alisa Weilerstein (born 1982, United States)
- Donald Whitton (born 1923, Canada)
- Peter Wiley (born 1955, United States)
- Dominique de Williencourt (born 1959, France, also a composer)
- Pieter Wispelwey (born 1962, Netherlands)
XYZ
- Sung-Won Yang (living, South Korea)
Deceased classical cellists
A
- Claus Adam (1917–1983, United States, also a composer)
- Joseph Alexander (c. 1770–1822, Germany)
- Diran Alexanian (1881–1954, Armenia)
- Francesco Aliani (1762–1812, Italy)
- Olivier Aubert (1763–c. 1830, also a composer)
B
- Felix Battanchon (1814–1893, France)
- Paul Bazelaire (1886–1958, France)
- Hugo Becker (1863–1941, Germany)
- Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), Italy, primarily a composer)
- Gaetano Braga (1829–1907, Italy, also a composer)
- Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753–1823, France)
- Christopher Bunting (1924–2005, England)
- Friedrich Buxbaum (1869–1948, Austria)
C
- Pau Casals (1876–1973, Catalonia, also a composer and conductor)
- Juan Ruiz Casaux (1889–1972, Spain)
- Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966, Spain, also a composer)
- Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724–1808, Italy, also a composer)
- Jennifer Ward Clarke (1935–2015, UK)
- Orlando Cole (1908–2010, United States)
- Bernhard Cossmann (1822–1910, Germany)
- Douglas Cummings (1944–2014, UK)
D
- Karl Davydov (1838–1889, Russia)
- Jules Delsart (1844–1900, France)
- Jean Deplace (1944–2015, France)
- Friedrich Dotzauer (1783–1860, Germany)
- Jean-Louis Duport (1749–1819, France, brother of Jean-Pierre Duport)
- Jean-Pierre Duport (1741–1818, France, brother of Jean-Louis Duport)
- Jacqueline du Pré (1945–1987, England)
E
- Maurice Eisenberg (1900–1972, United States)
F
- Emanuel Feuermann (1902–1942, born in Ukraine, died in the United States)
- Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (1848–1890, Germany)
- Pierre Fournier (1906–1986, France)
- Auguste Franchomme (1808–1884, France)
G
- Domenico Gabrielli (d.1690, Italy)
- Raya Garbousova (1909–1997, born in Georgia, Russian Empire)
- Maurice Gendron (1920–1990, France)
- Gwyneth George (1920–2016, UK)
- Georg Goltermann (1825–1876, Germany, also a composer)
- Bernard Greenhouse (1916–2011, United States, founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio)
- Friedrich Grützmacher (1832–1903, Germany)
H
- Beatrice Harrison (1892–1965, England)
- Robert Hausmann (1852–1909, Germany)
- Victor Herbert (1859–1924, Ireland, primarily remembered as a composer, also a conductor)
I
- Alexander Ivashkin (1948–2014, Russian)
J
- Antonio Janigro (1918–1989, Italy)
- Nicasio Jiménez (1849–1891, Cuba)
K
- John Kennedy (1922–1980, born in England, moved to Australia)
- Lauri Kennedy (1896–1985, born in Australia)
- Julius Klengel (1859–1933, Germany)
- Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (1907–1963, Russia)
- Otto van Koppenhagen (1897–1978, Netherlands)
- Antonín Kraft (1752–1820, Czech)
L
- Josef Linke (1783–1837, Austria)
M
- Rudolf Matz (1901–1988, Croatia)
- Frank Miller (1912–1986, United States)
- Georges Miquelle (1894-1977, born in France, moved to the United States)
- Víctor Mirecki Larramat (1947–1921, born in France, lived in Spain)
- Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991, United States, performance art)
N
- André Navarra (1911–1988, France)
- Zara Nelsova (1918–2002, Canada)
O
- Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880, born in Germany, lived in France)
P
- Siegfried Palm (1927–2005, Germany)
- Boris Pergamenschikow (1948–2004, born in Soviet Union, moved to Germany)[2]
- Gregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976, born in Russia, moved to United States)
- Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901, Italy)
- William Pleeth (1916–1999, England, teacher of Jacqueline du Pré)
- David Popper (1843–1913, Hungary)
R
- Gabor Rejto (1916–1987, Hungary)
- Bernhard Romberg (1767–1841, Germany, also a composer)
- Leonard Rose (1918–1984, United States)
- Mstislav Rostropovich (1927–2007, Russia, also a conductor)
S
- Karel Pravoslav Sádlo (1898–1971, Czech)
- Miloš Sádlo (1912–2003, Czech)
- Felix Salmond (1880–1952, England)
- Heinrich Schiff (1951–2016, Austria)
- Franz Schmidt (1874–1939, Austria, also a pianist and a composer)
- Georg Schnéevoigt (1872–1947, Finnish, also a conductor)
- Eleonore Schoenfeld (1925–2007, born in Slovenia, died in the United States)
- Joseph Schuster (1903–1969, born in Turkey, died in the United States)
- Adrien François Servais (1807–1866, Belgium)
- Daniil Shafran (1923–1997, Russian)
- Harvey Shapiro (1911-2007, American)
- František Sláma (1923–2004, Czech)
- Benyamin Sönmez (1983–2011, Turkey)
- George Sopkin (1914–2008, United States)
- David Soyer (1923–2010, United States)
- William Henry Squire (1871–1963, England)
- János Starker (1924–2013, born in Hungary, died in the United States)
- Leo Stern (1862–1904, England)
- Guilhermina Suggia (1885–1950, Portugal)
T
- Paul Tortelier (1914–1990, France)
V
- Laszlo Varga (1924–2014, Hungary)
- Aleksandr Verzhbilovich (1911–1950, Russia)
W
- Terence Weil (1921–1995, England)
Non-classical cellists
A
- Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930, United States, jazz, also a composer and multi-instrumentalist)
B
- David Baker (born 1931, United States, jazz composer and performer)
- Thomas Batuello (born 1994, TV work, rock music)
- Matt Brubeck (born 1961, United States, jazz music)
C
- Isobel Campbell (born 1976, Scotland, indie rock)
- Gretta Cohn (living, United States, rock musician and radio producer)
- Tom Cora (1953-1998, United States, experimental jazz and rock)
- Melora Creager (born 1966, United States, rock music)
D
- Caroline Dale (born 1965, England, classical and popular musics)
E
- Mike Edwards (1948–2010, England, member of the Electric Light Orchestra)
- Rushad Eggleston (born 1979, United States, cello rock)
F
- Gideon Freudmann (living, eclectic composer, cello rock)
- Erik Friedlander (born 1960, United States, jazz)
- Eugene Friesen (born 1952, United States, jazz/improvisational cellist)
G
- Károly Garam (born 1941 in Hungary, moved to Finland, popular musics)
- Lani Groves (born 1980, South Africa, world musics)
- Hildur Guðnadóttir (born 1982, Iceland, lives in Germany, solo and in electronica bands)
H
- Melissa Hasin (born 1954, United States, popular musics)
- Stjepan Hauser (born 1986, Croatia, part of 2Cellos)
- Svante Henryson (born 1963, Sweden, jazz, rock and other genres)
- Tristan Honsinger (born 1949, United States, free jazz and free improvisation)
- Ivan Hussey (living, leader of Celloman, fusion music)
J
- Jorane (born 1975, Canada, alternative singer-songwriter)
K
- Fred Katz (1919–2013, United States, described as "the first real jazz cellist")[3]
- Zoë Keating (born 1972, Canada, cello rock and classical, also a soundtrack composer)
- Julia Kent (living, born in Canada, cello rock)
- Perttu Kivilaakso (born 1978, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica)
- Brent Kutzle (born 1987, United States, in band OneRepublic)
L
- Caroline Lavelle (living, British singer-songwriter and cellist)
- Alexandra Lawn (from indie rock band Ra Ra Riot)
- Ana Lenchantin (living, United States, from progressive rock band Into the Presence)
- Max Lilja (born 1975, Finland, from thrash metal band Hevein)
- Fred Lonberg-Holm (born 1962, United States, jazz)
- Paavo Lötjönen (born 1968, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica)
M
- Antero Manninen (born 1973, Finland, cello metal)
- Martin McCarrick (born 1962, England, rock)
- Hugh McDowell (born 1953, England, cellist with rock bands Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II)
- Kerry Minnear (born 1948, England, multi-instrumentalist, progressive rock with 70s band Gentle Giant)
N
- Steven Sharp Nelson (born 1977, member of "The Piano Guys")
P
- Oscar Pettiford (1922–1960, United States, bebop)
- Kristen Pfaff (1967-1994, United States, alternative rock)
R
- Saskia Rao-de Haas (born 1971, Netherlands, primarily known for Hindustani classical music, also a composer)
- Ernst Reijseger (born 1954, Netherlands, improvisation)
- Hank Roberts (born 1954, United States, jazz)
- Arthur Russell (1951-1992, United States, eclectic genres)
S
- Jane Scarpantoni (living, United States, alternative rock)
- Philip Sheppard (living, England, also a composer)
- Ben Sollee (born 1983, United States, singer-songwriter, eclectic genres)
- Luka Šulić (born 1987, Croatia, part of 2Cellos)
- Mark Summer (born 1958, United States, original cellist of Turtle Island String Quartet)
T
- Martin Tillman (born 1964, Switzerland, also a composer)
- Eicca Toppinen (born 1975, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica)
W
- Kanon Wakeshima (born 1988, Japan, also a vocalist)
- Aubrey Webber (living, United States, nerd-folk with The Doubleclicks)
- Gay-Yee Westerhoff (born 1973, England, of crossover band Bond)
XYZ
- Alexander Zhiroff (born 1951, Russian, jazz and world music)
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References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0501802/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
- ^ Jessica Duchen (4 May 2004). "Obituary for Boris Pergamenschikow". The Guardian.
- ^ Coda magazine - Google Books. Books.google.com. 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2011-10-05.