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Zlatomir Fung

American cellist Zlatomir Fung achieved international acclaim by becoming the first American in four decades to win the...

American Contemporary Solo Concerto

8.5 Great

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Alisa Weilerstein

American cellist Alisa Weilerstein, a recipient of the 2011 MacArthur Fellowship, is notable for her prodigious early ta...

American Contemporary Solo Concerto

8.4 Great

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Carter Brey

American cellist Carter Brey is notable for winning the 1981 Rostropovich Competition and serving as the principal celli...

American Contemporary Solo Orchestral

8.4 Great

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Colin Carr

British-American cellist Colin Carr is a distinguished performer and professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London,...

Contemporary Academic Solo British

8.3 Great

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Maria Kliegel

German cellist Maria Kliegel is celebrated for her extensive discography on the Naxos label and her influential teaching...

German Contemporary Academic Solo

8.3 Great

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Laurence Lesser

Laurence Lesser is an American cellist and distinguished educator who won a prize at the 1961 Tchaikovsky Competition an...

American Contemporary Academic Solo

8.2 Great

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Alexander Baillie

Alexander Baillie is a British cellist recognized as one of the UK's leading performers, noted for his international sol...

Contemporary Academic Solo British

8.2 Great

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Karine Georgian

Russian-born cellist Karine Georgian is a renowned international soloist and pedagogue who was awarded a top prize at th...

Contemporary Academic Solo Armenian

8.2 Great

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Gary Hoffman

American cellist Gary Hoffman achieved international recognition in 1986 by becoming the first American to win the prest...

American Contemporary Solo Concerto

8.1 Great

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Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi

Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi is a prominent Japanese-Canadian cellist who won the 1963 Cassadó Competition and taught at the Univer...

Contemporary Academic Japanese Solo

8.1 Great

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Frans Helmerson

Swedish cellist Frans Helmerson is a distinguished international soloist and conductor who has served as a professor at...

Contemporary Academic Solo Swedish

8.0 Great

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Matt Haimovitz

Israeli-American cellist Matt Haimovitz is recognized for expanding classical music audiences by performing Bach's cello...

American Contemporary Crossover Solo

8.0 Great

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Jens Peter Maintz

Jens Peter Maintz is a renowned German cellist and professor at the Berlin University of the Arts, gaining early interna...

German Contemporary Academic Solo

7.9 Good

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Oliver Herbert

American cellist Oliver Herbert was a highly promising young musician recognized for winning the senior division of the...

American Contemporary Solo Concerto

7.9 Good

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Arto Noras

Finnish cellist Arto Noras is a highly influential pedagogue and soloist who co-founded the Helsinki Cello Competition i...

Contemporary Academic Solo Finnish

7.8 Good

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Zuill Bailey

American cellist Zuill Bailey is highly recognized for his 2017 Grammy Award-winning album of Michael Daugherty's Tales...

American Contemporary Solo Chamber

7.8 Good

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Antonio Lysy

Italian-Canadian cellist Antonio Lysy is an internationally recognized performer and professor at UCLA, known for his Gr...

Italian Contemporary Academic Solo

7.8 Good

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Dane Johansen

Dane Johansen is an American cellist noted for his membership in the Escher String Quartet and his ambitious 2014 projec...

American Contemporary Crossover Solo

7.8 Good

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Wendy Warner

Wendy Warner is an American cellist who gained international recognition after winning the first prize at the 1990 Inter...

American Contemporary Academic Solo

7.7 Good

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Peter Bruns

German cellist Peter Bruns is an internationally recognized soloist and professor at the University of Music and Theatre...

German Contemporary Academic Solo

7.7 Good