Colin Carr

Colin Carr appears throughout the world as a cello soloist and chamber musician. He has played with major orchestras worldwide, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, and BBC Symphony; the orchestras of Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, Philadelphia, and Montréal; and all the major orchestras of Australia and New Zealand. He has played recitals throughout the United States and Europe, and was a member of the Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio for 20 years. He is a frequent visitor to international chamber music festivals worldwide and has appeared often as a guest with the Guarneri and Emerson string quartets and with New York’s Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Mr. Carr’s recent CD releases include the complete Bach suites (Wigmore Live) and the complete Beethoven Sonatas and Variations with pianist Thomas Sauer (MSR Classics). He is the winner of many prestigious international awards, including first prize in the Naumburg Competition and the Gregor Piatigorsky Memorial Award. He is also a winner of the Young Concert Artists competition.

Mr. Carr attended the Yehudi Menuhin School, studying with Maurice Gendron and William Pleeth. He is a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and at Stony Brook University in New York; and musician in residence at St. John’s College, Oxford. He has also taught at the New England Conservatory.