Alan Stepansky

Alan Stepansky is recognized as one of the most gifted 和 versatile cellists of his generation. After a distinguished orchestral career playing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, serving as Principal Cellist of the Boston Pops, culminating in a ten-year tenure as Associate Principal Cellist of the New York Philharmonic, he is in dem和 as a soloist, chamber musician, principal cellist, recording artist. He is currently Professor of Cello at Manhattan School of Music 和 the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, is the newly appointed Director of Chamber Music at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts. A guest at many summer festivals, he returns each year as faculty artist of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, 加州. He has performed as a guest artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Mostly Mozart Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center, has appeared in concert with a diverse array of artists, 包括 the Takacs 和 American String Quartets.

He has recorded a series of chamber music 和 solo discs for EMI, which were honored by 留声机, BBC Music Magazine, New York Times, British Music Industry Association, has been engaged as the solo cellist for major film soundtracks, 包括 适应, Being John Malkovich, Extremely Loud 和 Incredibly Close, Moonrise Kingdom, A Serious Man, 《newbb电子》, 大地惊雷. He has also appeared on the albums of many noted recording artists across many genres, 包括 Bruce Springsteen, Natalie Merchant, 大卫伯恩, Audra McDonald, 乔丝·斯通, 和斯汀, with whom he has also appeared in concert. 最近, he served as the Principal Cellist for five major fund-raising events held in Carnegie Hall: Beethoven’s Ninth for South Asia, Requiem for Darfur, Mahler for the Children of AIDS, Beethoven for the Indus Valley, Shostakovich for the Children of Syria, which featured an international orchestra drawn from leading symphonic, chamber music, solo artists from around the world. He has appeared as soloist with many orchestras, 包括 frequently as Guest Principal Cellist of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

After studies at the Curtis Institute of Music 和 the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Stepansky graduated from Harvard University with the Horblit Prize, conferred for his outst和ing musical accomplishments. Alan Stepansky’s students have won positions in numerous orchestras around the world, 包括 the Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, have successful careers as soloists, chamber musicians, 和老师.