Cellist Elizabeth Anderson joined the Cassatt String Quartet in 2014 and has toured extensively in the United States, Mexico, China and Japan. She is also Assistant Principal Cello of the New York City Opera, and has won the highest praise from critics for her recordings on the RCA Red Seal, Telarc and Nonesuch labels. Deeply committed to new music, many renowned composers have dedicated works to her, including Samuel Adler, Michael Rose and Kenneth Frazelle. As a founding member of the celebrated Meliora Quartet, Grand Prize Winner of The Naumburg Chamber Music Award, The Fischoff Competition, The Coleman Competition and The Cleveland Quartet Competition, she has performed at Lincoln Center, the Corcoran Gallery, Library of Congress, and Jordan Hall. An active concerto soloist, Elizabeth has performed with the Helsinki Chamber Orchestra, the Aspen Orchestra and the Israel Chamber Orchestra. As recitalist she has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe, and has been a frequent guest at international music festivals around the world and in the U.S, including Aspen, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Music Festival of Arkansas, Rocky Ridge Music Center, the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, and the Portland Chamber Music Festival. Elizabeth was a faculty member at the Eastman School of Music, Florida State University, Middlebury College, and the Longy School of Music. Formerly Associate Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, she studied with Jacqueline DuPre, Steven Doane, Paul Katz, Yo‑Yo Ma, Wallace Rushkin and Leonard Rose. She holds degrees from The Juilliard School and California State University at Sacramento, and the Eastman School of Music. she is also a performer of North Indian classical music as a cellist and vocalist. Her newest CD, “Latifa Noor” includes improvisations on Indian Raga for cello and voice. She has performed at the SLLMF since 2013.
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