Cellist David Finckel's multifaceted career as concert performer, recording artist, educator, arts administrator, and cultural entrepreneur places him in the ranks of today's most influential classical musicians. His concert appearances as orchestral soloist, duo recitalist with pianist Wu Han, and cellist of the Emerson String Quartet, take him to the world's most prestigious concert series and festivals. Highlights of his recent seasons include recital appearances at Lincoln Center and on major series in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Chicago. He recently performed and recorded the world premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank's Compadrazgo, and the world premiere of Pierre Jalbert's Cello Sonata at the Aspen Music Festival. Additional recent engagements as orchestral soloist include Elgar's Cello Concerto Op. 85 with the Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich's First Concerto and the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, as well as performances and recordings of the Dvorák Concerto and Augusta Read Thomas's Ritual Incantations with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra, and John Harbison's Cello Concerto with the Albany Symphony. David Finckel's expansive musical activities include the launch of ArtistLed (www.artistled.com), classical music's first musician directed, Internet based recording company, which, in 2008 releases its eleventh CD featuring the duo. Along with Wu Han, David Finckel serves as Artistic Director of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of Music@Menlo, a chamber music festival in Silicon Valley that has garnered international acclaim since its inception in 2003. Prior to launching Music@Menlo, David Finckel served for three seasons as Artistic Co-Director of SummerFest La Jolla. David Finckel was the first American cellist to study with the late Mstislav Rostropovich. He has served on the faculty of the Isaac Stern Chamber Music workshops in Israel, Japan, and New York.

Cello: Samuel Zygmuntowicz (Brooklyn, 1992).

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