Mr. Rosen began studying the cello at age six;while studying with Gregor Piatigorsky, Rosen also enjoyed a close association with Jascha Heifetz and participated frequently as cellist in chamber ensembles under the great violinist's tutelage. Mr. Rosen's New York debut occurred in 1970 as winner of the Piatigorsky Award of the New York Violoncello Society. Other career highlights include two seasons as principal cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and principal cellist of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Rosen currently teaches at the Manhattan School of Music and also holds the Hauncey Devereux Stillman Chair for Distinguished Visiting Artist at Thomas More College in New Hampshire. He is also Professor at Medow School of Music at South Methodist University in Dallas. He plays a 1738 Montagnana cello.

Some of his last works: - “The Seven Letters to the Seven Churches” for reciting voice, solo cello and eight instruments - “Songs for Psyche” for two female voices, harp, vibraphone and cello - “O incoronata di viole, divina, dolce e ridente Saffo” for reciting voice, three female singers and seven instruments with the lyrics of the ancient poet - “Duo”, for violin and cello - “Variazioni Pagane su un Tema Russo” for piano and orchestra - “Requiem” for male choir, soprano and violoncello concertante - “ L’Epitaffio di Seikilos”, double concerto for saxophone soprano, cello and string orchestra - “Trio” for violin, cello and piano - “String Quartet N° 1” - “The Eternal Embrace”, concerto for cello and orchestra - “Kohelet” for choir, soprano, bass, violin, cello and reciting voice On June 2005 Jorge A. Bosso presented his work “I Suoni della Shabbat” based on the Jewish musical tradition for choir, two ensembles and reciting voice at the Martha Argerich Festival in Lugano, Switzerland. The whole project received extremely appreciation from the public and critics. On July 2006 was held the premiere of Bridges, based on the preludes and fugues op.87 of D. Shostakowitsch. On June 2007 will be performed at the Martha Argerich Festival his project inspired on music for children He is also very active as arranger, having written works for Dora Schwarzberg with whom, he plays regularly his own music and arrangements, for solo violin and orchestra, based on the tango from Buenos Aires.
 

As a member of the Da Capo Chamber Players, winner of the Naumburg Award and in residence at Bard College, he has participated in over 60 premiers and recorded Schönberg ’s Pierrot Lunatre. A winner of a 1985 NEA Solo Recitalists award, Mr. Emelianoff has recorded for RCA and other labels. He is on the cello and chamber music faculty of the Juilliard School of Music and its Pre- College Division.

Mr. Fridman was also selected by Musical America as “outstanding artist of the year.” Fridman has appeared as concerto soloist with the Baltimore Symphony and Kiev State Philharmonic. In recital and chamber music concerts, he has performed in most major concert halls including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress and many international halls. Mr. Fridman made his critically acclaimed New York debut at Merkin Concert Hall, has been a frequent guest with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and was featured with Leon Fleisher and the late Virgil Thomson in the PBS documentary, “Baton.”

...New York (1975). Mr. Gruber served on the faculty of the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as well as the principal cellist of the Israel Chamber Orchestra. In the US, Mr. Gruber was a visiting professor at Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, and performed and conducted master classes at various universities. He has participated in the St. Petersburg Spring MusicFestival, the Rostropovich Cello Festival in Riga, and adjudicated at the Davidoff International Cello Competition in Kuldiga, Latvia. As of 2004, Mr. Gruber teaches Cello and Chamber Music at East Carolina University, Greenville.
 

Mr. Haimovitz has been "busily reinventing the classical recital for the new millennium," commencing his 50-state "Anthem" tour on September 11, 2003 in celebration of living American composers. Since his 1984 debut with the Israel Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta, Mr. Haimovitz has performed with such conductors as James Levine, Daniel Barenboim, Semyon Bychkov, Myung-Whun Chung, Charles Dutoit, Sir Neville Marriner, Seiji Ozawa, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas,and David Zinman. He has appeared in North America with many of the great symphonies and philharmonics, including Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, and internationally with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Radio Orchestras of Frankfurt, Cologne, Leipzig and Hanover, the Israel Philharmonic, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Beijing Opera Orchestra, and many others. Matt Haimovitz is currently Professor of Cello at McGill University in Montreal and plays a 1710 Matteo Gofriller cello.
 

...Broadcasting Symphony of China. Ms. Ko has collaborated with world renowned artists including Mstislav Rostropovich, Sir Georg Solti, Leonard Stein, Gunther Schuller and Semyon Bychkov. Music festivals include Seoul International (Korea), Schleswig-Holstein, Kronberg Cello, 1999 Berlin Wall 10th Anniversary Concert, Rostropovich & Friends Concert (Germany), Beausolei (France), American Cello Congress (US). As a recipient of the Dong-A Gold Award (highest performance honor in Korea) she was selected to perform the Asian premier of a new concerto by Bernard Rands dedicated to celebrate the 70th birthday of Mstislav Rostropovich in 1997. She appears regularly on the Sundays Live Broadcast Concert Series (FM 105.1 Los Angeles & FM1050 San Francisco). Ms. Ko is cello professor at California State University, Fullerton and a Guest Exchange Faculty at Emmanuel Feuermann Conservatory in Germany.
 

...a student of Aldo Parisot. He pursued doctoral studies at Indiana University where he studied with Janos Starker and became principal cellist with the university symphony orchestra. After moving to the New York area, he served as principal cellist of the Westchester Symphony. He has toured extensively in Europe and the U. S. As co-founder of the prestigious Emelin Trio, he has performed extensively in Westchester. Mr. Krieger presently serves on the music faculty of the Music Conservatory of Westchester, Fordham University, and is affiliated with Columbia University and Purchase College (SUNY). Cello Faculty
 

...was awarded a special prize as the Most Outstanding cellist at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. She started her studies with her father and also took lessons with Natalia Shahovskaya in Moscow. Miss Nassidze graduated in 1999 from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she studied with David Soyer, and did Chamber music studies with Felix Galimir. From 1999 through 2002 Inna was the cellist of the Gilead String Quartet . She has participated at the Ravinia Festival in 1994 and 1995 and was invited to perform at the prestigious Dame Myra Hess memorial concerts series in Chicago, performing live on radio. In 1997 she attended the Piatigorsky Seminar in Los Angeles, and the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Seminar in New York, where she consequently performed at Carnegie Hall. Inna has performed under the baton of Otto Werner-Muller, Akira Endo, Camille Kalchinsky, Francisco Savin, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Christopher Zimmerman, Carlos Riazuelo, Jorge Mester and Luis Herrera de la Fuente, among others, and collaborated with members of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society such as Ida Kavafian, Steve Tenenbom and Kerry McDermott. In December of 2005 Inna was invited to perform at the Christmas Gala Concert in Mexico City which was recorded for National television and for BBC. For 2006-2007 seasons, Inna is invited to perform Dvorak and Schumann Cello Concertos as well as participate in several concert series, festivals such as “Cervantino” in Mexico, “Riva Del Garda” in Italy and “Festival Musique de Chambre Montreal” in Canada among others, and offer Master Classes in Mexico,Belgium and Italy. She plays on the cello given to her by the wish of the late renowned cellist Raya Garbousova.

...Summer Cello Clinic. He makes frequent appearances at the Bargemusic Series in Brooklyn, the Autumn Classic series in Anchorage, Chamber Music International in Dallas, and International Niagara Music Festival, Canada, to name a few. Mr. Osadchy participates in many festivals around the world. Graduating from The Special Music School for Talented and Gifted Children, he went on to the Kiev State Conservatory of Music and graduated with honors. He became a Laureate of Republic of Ukraine Cello Competition. Other music credits include more then 60 arrangements for cello ensembles, composition of two film scores and releases of several CD’s on Melodia label featuring his own compositions and arrangements. His recordings with CBC Radio Orchestra received numerous Juno awards.

...and currently serves as principal cellist of the Garden State Philharmonic. For several years he was a member of the HELIX! New Music Ensemble and premiered several new compositions. Recent performances include a performance of the Bach Suites in Trinity Church and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the South Orange Symphony. His past teachers have included David Krieger, Harvey Shapiro, Peter Wiley, and Zara Nelsova (and served as Ms. Nelsova’s teaching assistant) and has participated in the master classes of Janos Starker. He has studied chamber music with the Guarneri and Tokyo String Quartets.

Two of his many recordings were nominated for Grammy Awards. A prolific writer, Strad, Strings, and American String Teacher magazines have published his reviews and articles. Mr. Solow studied with the distinguished cellist Gabor Rejto and he earned a degree in Philosophy magna cum laude from UCLA while studying with and then assisting the legendary Gregor Piatigorsky at USC. Recognized as an authority on healthy and efficient cello playing, Mr. Solow is professor of cello and chair of Instrumental Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is currently president-elect of ASTA (the American String Teachers Association).