- Jonathan Manson
Jonathan Manson is a Scottish
cellist andviol player. Born inEdinburgh , he studiedcello with Jane Cowan and later went on to theEastman School of Music inNew York , where he studied with Steven Doane and Christel Thielmann. He studiedviola da gamba withWieland Kuijken inThe Hague .While a student, he was a founding member of
Phantasm , a consort of viols. In 1999 he was appointed principal cellist ofTon Koopman 'sAmsterdam Baroque Orchestra (of which his sister Catherine is principal violinist), with which he has performed and recorded more than 150 ofBach 'scantata s. He has appeared as guest principal with many early music ensembles, such as theAcademy of Ancient Music ,The English Concert , theGabrieli Consort & Players ,English Baroque Soloists andOrchestra of the Age of Enlightenment .He has recorded
Rameau 'sPieces de Clavecin en Concerts and Bach's viola da gamba sonatas with harpsichordistTrevor Pinnock and is the first cello in his European Brandenburg Ensemble, who have recorded and toured with Bach'sBrandenburg concertos . He lives in London and is a professor at theRoyal Academy of Music .External links
*http://europeanbrandenburg.com/
*http://www.phantasm.org.uk/
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