Bernard Greenhouse

Bernard Greenhouse (born January 1,Fact|date=August 2008 1916) is an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.

He was in Newark, New Jersey, [ [https://www.kronbergacademy.de/cms/deutsch/shop/ausstellungen/bernard-greenhouse.html "Bernard Greenhouse"] chronology] and started his professional studies with Felix Salmond at Juilliard when he was eighteen.cite web | last = Janof | first = Tim | title = Conversation with Bernard Greenhouse | publisher = Internet Cello Society | date = 1998-11-28 | url = http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/greenhouse.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-21 ] After four years of study with Salmond, Greenhouse proceeded to move on to studies with Emanuel Feuermann, Diran Alexanian, Raya Garbousova and Pablo Casals.

After finishing studies with Casals, Greenhouse went on to pursue a solo career for twelve years. He struggled with this however, as the cello was not a very popular solo instrument at the time. During this period he encountered violinist Daniel Guilet, who invited Greenhouse to record some Mozart piano trios with pianist Menahem Pressler. In 1955 they met in New York City, the first meeting of what was to become the Beaux Arts Trio.

In 1958, Greenhouse acquired the "Countess of Stanlein", also called the "Paganini Strad", one of 63 Stradivarius celli, and as of 2008 he has played it ever since. [http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=93844925&m=93835635 "Bernard Greenhouse: A Master And His Cello"] "All Things Considered" "Diaries" interview, broadcast August 21, 2008.]

In 1987, he left the trio, and was replaced with cellist Peter Wiley. [cite web | title = About the Beaux Arts Trio | date = 2006 | url = http://www.beauxartstrio.org/about.html | accessdate = 2007-05-21 ]

During his career, he has taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory, and Rutgers University. A series of videos of his master classes were produced in 1993 by Ethan Winer. [cite web | last = Winer | first = Ethan | title = Cello Page | url = http://www.ethanwiner.com/cello.html | accessdate = 2007-05-21 ]

Though retired from institutional teaching, Greenhouse as of 2008 still gives master classes throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. [cite journal | last = Fang | first = Jeannette | title = A Cello Master Shares a Lifetime of Wisdom | journal = The Juilliard Journal | volume = 20 | issue = 6 | publisher = The Juilliard School | date = March 2005 | url = http://www.juilliard.edu/update/journal/j_articles481.html | accessdate = 2007-05-21 ]

Interviewed as the farewell concert of the Beaux Arts Trio on August 21, 2008 approached, he said he practices every day and is considered "the old man of the cello", with other aging cellists being surprised that he still performs at the age of 92. Greenhouse will also remain the oldest of those who have played in the trio, until at least 2015, Daniel Guilet (who was born about a week short of 17 years earlier) having died at the age of 91, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3DC1530F934A25753C1A966958260 "Daniel Guilet, Violinist, Is Dead; Beaux Arts Trio Founder Was 91"] , New York Times, October 17, 1990] and Isidore Cohen having died at 82.cite journal | title = Isidore Cohen, Renowned Chamber Musician, Dies at 82 | journal = The Juilliard Journal | volume = 21 | issue = 1 | publisher = The Juilliard School | date = September 2005 | url = http://www.juilliard.edu/update/journal/j_articles647.html | accessdate = 2007-05-23] .

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