DAVID FINCKEL
2007/ 08 Microbiography (114 words)
Cellist David Finckel’s multifaceted career as concert
performer, recording artist, educator, arts administrator, and
cultural entrepreneur places him in the ranks of today’s
most influential classical musicians. His concert appearances
as orchestral soloist, duo recitalist with pianist Wu Han, and
cellist of the Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet, take
him to the world’s most prestigious concert series and festivals.
David Finckel’s wide-ranging musical activities also include
the launch of ArtistLed, classical music’s first musician-directed,
Internet-based recording company. David Finckel and Wu Han serve
as Artistic Directors of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center. They are also the founders and Artistic Directors of Music@Menlo,
a chamber music festival in the San Francisco Bay Area.
2007/ 08 Nanobiography (61 words)
Cellist David Finckel’s concert appearances as orchestral
soloist, duo recitalist with pianist Wu Han, and cellist of the
Emerson String Quartet take him to the world’s most prestigious
stages. He is an Artistic Director of The Chamber Music Society
of Lincoln Center, and a founding Artistic Director of Music@Menlo
and ArtistLed (www.artistled.com). To date, the label has released
nine solo recordings.