Paul Watkins, cello
Cellist Paul Watkins leads a master class with students from the Manhattan School of Music, North Carolina School of the Arts, and The Juilliard School.
Recorded live in the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio on March 24, 2015.
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Sergei Prokofiev Quartet No. 1 in B minor for Strings, Op. 50
The Manhattan School of Music Elizabeth Wright, Jesse MacDonald, violin; Thomas Duboski, viola; Ji Un Jang, cello -
Ludwig van Beethoven Quartet in C minor for Strings, Op. 18, No. 4
North Carolina School of the Arts The Giannini String Quartet (Lucia Kobza, Nicole Wendl, violin; Peter Ayuso, viola; John Elias Kaynor, cello) -
Gyorgy Ligeti String Quartet No. 1 "Metamorphoses nocturnes"
The Juilliard School The Blue Hill Quartet (Wyatt Underhill, Katherine Liccardo, violin; Marta Lambert, viola; Seth Biagini, cello)
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Paul Watkins
Paul Watkins enjoys a varied and distinguished career as soloist, chamber musician, and conductor. The cellist of the Emerson String Quartet from 2013 until its disbanding in 2023, he is also the Artistic Director of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, and in 2019 he was appointed Professor of Cello at the Yale School of Music. He has performed as concerto soloist with prestigious orchestras throughout the world. A dedicated chamber musician, he was a member of the Nash Ensemble from 1997 until 2013 and is a regular guest artist at CMS. Watkins has held the positions of Music Director of the English Chamber Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra. His extensive discography as a cellist includes more than 70 recordings, and his first recording as a conductor, of the Britten and Berg violin concertos with Daniel Hope, received a Grammy nomination.