Emmanuel Feldman, Teaching Associate
Hailed by John Williams, Grammy award winning composer and conductor as “an outstanding cellist and truly dedicated artist”, Emmanuel Feldman enjoys an active career as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, champion and commissioner of new music and educator.
With a repertoire ranging from Bach to Ligeti, Mr. Feldman has concertized throughout Europe and North America. He has performed as soloist with the Boston Pops, Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Greensboro Festival Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, New England String Ensemble and many others. An avid chamber musician, he was invited to participate in the Marlboro Music Festival and has collaborated with such distinguished artists as Gilbert Kalish, Robert Levin, Joy Cline Phinney,Yehudi Wyner, Max Levinson, Jorge Bolet, Lynn Chang, Arturo Delmoni, the Borromeo String Quartet, Aurea Ensemble and soloed with world renowned pop and jazz artist Bobby McFerrin. Following his debut in 2006 on the Bank of America Marquee Celebrity Series, Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe wrote “Emmanuel Feldman was superb in the Bach Solo Suites”.
His solo CD on Albany Records “Rider on The Plains” featuring Virgil Thomson’s cello concerto is part of producer Blanton Alspaugh’s nomination for a Grammy award (Producer of the Year) and was hailed as an “excellent recording…the concerto sounds exhilarating in this bracing and confident performance” by Anthony Tommasini in the New York Times.
He has also recorded chamber works on the Naxos, Arsis and Zimbel labels. A consummate advocate of new music, he has given the premieres of numerous cello works including composers Aaron Kernis, David Diamond, Charles Fussell, Gunther Schuller, John McDonald and Jan Swafford. As co-founder of Cello e Basso (formerly the Axiom Duo) with double bassist Pascale Delache-Feldman, they have been called “a musical Lewis and Clark, opening up new musical territories” by NPR’s Ron Schacter and are dedicated to bringing new music and new musical experiences to audiences worldwide. He has participated in the Pablo Casals Festival, Schlesswig Holstein Musik Festival and was a faculty member at the Yellow Barn Music Festival, the Killington Music Festival and the Summit Music Festival. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music with additional studies at the Paris Conservatory, Mr. Feldman currently is on the cello faculty of Tufts University, Brown University and New England Conservatory.
Website: http://www.emmanuelfeldman.com
Email: ecello@rcn.com