Alan Stepansky Masterclass and Recital

Soloist, principal cellist, chamber musician, recording artist, and distinguished teacher, Alan Stepansky is known internationally as a musician whose multi-faceted career exemplifies the highest ideals of artistry, versatility, and devotion to teaching and mentoring the next generation of gifted young cellists. After studies at the Curtis Institute of Music and the University of Pennsylvania, Alan graduated from Harvard University with a degree in music theory and musicology and the Horblit Prize, conferred for his outstanding musical accomplishments. Following a ten-year tenure as the Associate Principal Cellist of the New York Philharmonic, he is currently Professor of Cello and Chairman of the Strings Department at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, cello professor and founding faculty of the graduate Orchestral Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music, and cello faculty artist at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. He performs on concert stages internationally and also can be heard as a solo cellist on numerous motion picture soundtracks, television series, and on the albums of noted recording artists across many genres. His teachers included Orlando Cole, Laurence Lesser, and Harvey Shapiro, and his students have won positions in numerous orchestras in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and have successful careers as soloists, chamber musicians, and teachers.

Alan Stepansky will be joined by Joy Cline Phinney on piano.