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CelloBello Online Auction 2021

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Through the generosity of many in the CelloBello community, our first online auction promises to have a unique collection of cellistic & musical gems. From personalized, autographed rare recordings by Yo-Yo Ma and the Cleveland Quartet to custom-made artwork, to masterclasses and lessons with prominent cellists, and even a virtual cocktail class by a member of one of the world’s leading orchestras… there truly is something for everyone. All proceeds from this auction will help support CelloBello.org and all of its programs and resources. Hosted by Charity Auctions Today, bidding will open at noon on Friday, October 1, 2021.

CelloChat: Christopher Costanza

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For over three decades, cellist Christopher Costanza has enjoyed a varied and exciting career as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. A winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and a recipient of a prestigious Solo Recitalists Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Mr. Costanza has performed to wide critical acclaim in nearly every state in the U.S., and internationally. His summer festival appearances include the Marlboro, Yellow Barn, Santa Fe, Taos, Chamber Music Northwest, and other festivals. Mr. Costanza is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he studied cello with Laurence Lesser, David Wells, and Bernard Greenhouse, and chamber music with Eugene Lehner, Louis Krasner, and Leonard Shure.

CelloChat: Julie Sévilla-Fraysse

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Julie Sévilla-Fraysse is one of the most valuable cellists in the world and a promising talent into the young generation of classical music artists. Considered a new phenomenon and gathering together a large and new community around her, she represents like none other, the classical excellence as well as the French elegance and modernity. Blend of a genuine, humble and sophisticated musical approach, JSF touches her audience through a unique energy, enhancing the vision and opening minds into the classical music global scope.

CelloBello Gala 2021: A Celebration of Founder and Artistic Director Paul Katz’s 80th Birthday

Burnes Hall at New England Conservatory 255 St. Botolph Street, Boston, MA, United States
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Join us online or in-person for the 2021 CelloBello Gala! This yearly fundraising concert will celebrate our Founder and Artistic Director Paul Katz’s 80th Birthday and will bring together a star-studded cast of performers who have been impacted by Paul’s teaching, coaching, and collegiality across his career. CelloBello’s 2021 Gala will be a hybrid event. You can join us in person at Burnes Hall on the campus of Boston’s New England Conservatory, followed by a reception at SRV restaurant, one of Boston’s finest. Otherwise, you can join us from anywhere in the world via the livestream event, which will be viewable on demand for up to 72 hours after the event.

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Consider CelloBello during National Estate Planning Awareness Week (NEPAW)

Regardless of your age or resources estate planning is an often overlooked element of financial wellness, and yet it is estimated that over half of Americans – 56% – do not have an up-to-date estate plan! National Estate Planning Awareness Week (NEPAW) was adopted in 2008 to help the public understand what estate planning is and why it is such a vital component of financial health. Estate planning is a way for everyone to take care of the people they love and the things they care about. During NEPAW week, CelloBello will provide you information on creating a legally-sound will in 20 minutes FOR FREE with a reputable organization and at the same time provide you an opportunity to create your “cellegacy” by naming CelloBello as a beneficiary. Stay tuned and let us help you create assurance and legacy.

CelloChat: Kee-Hyun Kim

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A native of Seoul, Korea, cellist Kee-Hyun Kim has been praised for his "assertive style...and vital musical spirit." (Pittsburgh Tribune) On faculty at Harvard University’s Department of Music, he is a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet, Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at Harvard since 2014. The quartet travels extensively around North America, Europe and Asia, and has recorded for ECM, Naxos, Innova, Zig Zag and Nimbus labels. Some awards and distinctions include 1st prize at the Bordeaux String Quartet competition, the Cleveland Quartet Award, and 2010's Grammy Award for "Best Chamber Music Performance.”

CelloChat: Eugene Friesen

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Four-time Grammy Award-winner Eugene Friesen is active internationally as a concert and recording artist, composer, conductor and teacher. Eugene has worked and recorded with such diverse artists as Dave Brubeck, Martin Sexton, Toots Thielemans, Betty Buckley, Dar Williams, Will Ackerman, and Dream Theater. Eugene's passion for improvised music has been featured in concerts all over the world with the Paul Winter Consort and with Trio Globo (Friesen, Howard Levy and Glen Velez). He appeared on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" playing with Keillor and superstar soprano Renée Fleming and has performed as a soloist at the International Cello Festival in Manchester, England; Rencontres d'Ensembles de Violoncelles in Beauvais, France; the World Cello Congress in Baltimore, Maryland; and the Rio International Cello Encounter in Rio de Janeiro.

Audition Preparation Workshop 2021

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CelloBello is thrilled to announce the return of the Audition Preparation Workshop! Drawing on their vast experiences as soloists, chamber musicians, and world-renowned teachers, this two-week intensive features master classes, private lessons, and panel discussions centered around helping young students prepare for their upcoming undergraduate auditions. Our workshop faculty include: Astrid Schween (The Juilliard School), Edward Arron (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Julia Lichten (Manhattan School of Music), Laurence Lesser (New England Conservatory), Norman Fischer (Shepherd School of Music at Rice University), Paul Katz (New England Conservatory), Seth Parker Woods (University of Buffalo and the Kaufman Music Center in New York City) and Steven Doane (Eastman School of Music).

CelloChat: Brant Taylor

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Brant Taylor’s varied career has included solo appearances and collaborations with leading artists in chamber music, orchestral, pedagogical and popular music settings on five continents. Before his appointment to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra by Daniel Barenboim, he was cellist of the Everest Quartet, prize winners at the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, as well as a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He made his solo debut with the San Antonio Symphony at the age of 14.

CelloChat: Carter Brey

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Carter Brey was appointed principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic in 1996, and made his subscription debut as soloist with the orchestra the following year in Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations led by then-Music Director Kurt Masur. He has appeared as soloist with many of America's major symphony orchestras. With the Philharmonic, he has performed in the Haydn C Major Concerto under Music Director Jaap van Zweden; in the Barber, Dvorák, Elgar, and Schumann cello concertos under then-Music Director Alan Gilbert; in Richard Strauss's Don Quixote with music directors Lorin Maazel and Zubin Mehta; in the Brahms Double Concerto with then-Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow and conductor Christoph Eschenbach, as well as with Lorin Maazel on the orchestra's 2007 European tour; in William Schuman's A Song of Orpheus with conductor Christian Thielemann; and in the Boccherini Cello Concerto in D with conductor Riccardo Muti. He also performed the Brahms work at Tanglewood Music Center in the summer of 2002 as part of Kurt Masur's final concerts as the Philharmonic's music director.

#GivingTuesday

We learned last year that the CelloBello community enjoys the philanthropic energy surrounding #GivingTuesday, the global day of giving when people come together around the values of service and giving. This year, #GivingTuesday will occur on November 30. The #GivingTuesday movement started in 2012 and that year raised $10 million dollars for charity. The experience went viral almost immediately, with $511 million raised in 2019, and last year, 2020, raised $2.5 BILLION dollars in online charitable gifts to nonprofits. Let us know if you are interested in knowing more by emailing donate@cellobello.org, and stay tuned to our social media and website as we approach this special day of philanthropy, as we will be sharing CelloBello impact stories and musical bon bons.

CelloChat: Michael Haber

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Cellist Michael Haber is a former member of The Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell, the Casals Festival Orchestra under Pablo Casals and was the principal cellist of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. As cellist of the Composers Quartet, in residence at Columbia University, he toured and recorded internationally, as he did with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. For more than 20 years, he was the cellist of The Gabrielli Trio. Mr Haber has been on the cello and chamber music faculties of Oberlin College, The Eastman School of Music, the Indiana University School of Music, The New England Conservatory, Boston University, The University of Akron and also taught and performed at many summer music schools and festivals, including Aspen, Marlboro and Yellow Barn.

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