Zuill Bailey

Zuill Bailey is an American cellist. As a concerto soloist, Bailey has performed with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Louisville, Milwaukee, Minnesota, San Francisco, Toronto and Utah, among others. He has collaborated with such conductors as Itzhak Perlman, Alan Gilbert, Andrew Litton, Grant Llewellyn, James De Priest and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and has performed with Leon Fleisher, the Juilliard String Quartet, Jaime Laredo, Lynn Harrell and Janos Starker. In his New York recital debut, Bailey performed a sold-out performance of the complete Beethoven sonatas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In addition to other major venues, he has appeared at the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, the 92nd Street Y, and Carnegie Hall, where he made his debut performing the U.S. premiere of Mikis Theodorakis' Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra.

His international appearances include performances with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in its 50th anniversary tour of Russia as well as concerts in the Dominican Republic, France, Israel, Hong Kong, Jordan, Mexico, Peru and the United Kingdom. Festival appearances include Ravinia, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Santa Fe Chamber Music, Chautauqua, and Bard Festivals, Bravo! Vail Valley, Maverick Concert Series and the Music Academy of the West.

Zuill Bailey is a member of the Perlman-Schmidt-Bailey Trio, along with pianist Navah Perlman and violinist Giora Schmidt. He performs regularly with long-time duo partner pianist Awadagin Pratt as well as with pianist Simone Dinnerstein. Their recording of the Beethoven Sonatas for Cello and Piano has received widespread popular and critical acclaim. Other recordings include a debut recital disc for Delos, Cello Quintets of Boccherini and Schubert with Janos Starker, Saint Saens' Cello Concertos No. 1 and 2 "Live," and the Korngold Cello Concerto with Kaspar Richter and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz for ASV.

Network television appearances include a recurring role on the HBO series, "Oz", in addition to features on NBC, A&E, NHK in Japan, a live broadcast of the Beethoven Triple Concerto from Mexico City, and the televised production of the Cuban premiere of Victor Herbert's Cello Concerto No. 2 with the National Orchestra of Cuba. He has been heard on NPR's "Performance Today," "Saint Paul Sunday," BBC's "In Tune," XM Radio's "Live from Studio II," Sirius Satellite Radio, and RTHK Radio Hong Kong.

Zuill Bailey performs on a 1693 Matteo Gofriller Cello, formerly owned by Mischa Schneider of the Budapest String Quartet. In addition to his extensive touring engagements, Bailey is the Artistic Director of El Paso Pro Musica and Professor of Cello at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Discography

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External links

* [http://www.zuillbailey.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.colbertartists.com/ArtistBio.asp?ID=44 Biography]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2p0H73WP2o Zuill performing in Mexico City]