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Cellist Nicholas Anderson is internationally acclaimed as one of today's outstanding interpreters of the solo concert repertoire. His unique and inspired performances have taken him to many parts of the world, and have been received with the highest praise and enthusiasm by audiences and critics alike. From New York to Tokyo, Moscow to Costa Rica, reviews have hailed his "dazzling virtuosity," "enormous range of expression," "polished, confident technique," and "moments of delicate tenderness to immense passion." His dynamic, lyrical and meticulous playing, combined with his friendly and exuberant personality, have made him exceptionally communicative and popular with listeners everywhere.

Nicholas Anderson's career was launched with a brilliant debut recital at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, he had already become prominent in California, as exemplified by his high-profile concert at the Palm Springs Desert Museum. He is now based in New York, and his numerous solo concert appearances have included the 92nd St. Y Kaufmann Concert Hall, Mannes College of Music, American University, and Community Concerts/Columbia Artists.

Mr. Anderson has been soloist with many orchestras, including on a tour to several cities in Japan. With orchestra he has performed the concertos of Dvorak, Schumann, Haydn and many others. A Russian recital tour took him to Moscow, Kiev and Leningrad, and he has also been a featured concert artist in Europe, Africa and Latin America.

Nicholas Anderson commands an expansive and diverse repertoire, which includes everything from the most established classics to a variety of rarely-heard masterpieces and innovative transcriptions. He has made a specialty of performing the cycle of Beethoven Cello Sonatas, as well as the complete Bach Solo Cello Suites. He has also premiered many works, as a champion of creative musicality in modern compositions. As a highly imaginative recording artist, his CD recording includes the Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata in a cello arrangement, and his forthcoming CD consists of two beautiful and compelling new unaccompanied cello works. Mr. Anderson's cello is a magnificent instrument built by the great Italian maker Matteo Gofriller in Venice in 1697.

Mr. Anderson came from a musical family; his father, a Yale professor, was also an accomplished pianist. Nicholas showed early talent as the student of a cellist in the New Haven Symphony. He began playing the cello at the age of 8, and made his first solo appearance on television the following year. Shortly thereafter, the family lived for a year in Manchester, England, where Nicholas continued his studies with a cellist in the Hallé Orchestra. Later, in his early teens, he studied in Pittsburgh with Theo Salzman, Principal Cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony and Professor of Cello at Carnegie Mellon University.

Nicholas spent his high school years as a resident student at the North Carolina School of the Arts. A superb conservatory environment, it provided the highest level of professional training with extraordinary artist-teachers. His cello playing thrived there under the mentorship of Irving Klein, cellist of the internationally renowned Claremont Quartet. It was during this time that he performed in the master classes of Janos Starker, and studied in the summer with the great "cellist's cellist" Leslie Parnas.

Following this period, Mr. Anderson studied at Aspen with Claus Adam, cellist of the Juilliard Quartet, and at the age of 19 was invited to study at the Juilliard School. However, at that moment another turning point changed his life. He became aware of the work of the master cello teacher Margaret Rowell in California, a legendary genius in drawing out the deepest artistic potential in cellists and developing it to unimagined levels. He decided to turn down Juilliard and move to California to study with Margaret. This evolved into a 24-year collaboration, and as his solo career flourished, he also became an expert in Margaret's revolutionary methods, both as a performer and teacher. One of Mr. Anderson's current activities is giving special seminars for cellists, in which he presents the invaluable practical knowledge of Margaret's illuminating insights.

In 1995, Mr. Anderson gave a critically acclaimed solo concert at the Teatro Nacional in Costa Rica, as part of the Festival Internacional de Música, and became so interested in the cultural life of the country that he relocated there for a year's sabbatical. Following this he returned to the United States to live in New York City, where he is presently based for his concert and seminar activities and tours. Mr. Anderson has served on the cello faculty of Queens College, and is also a member of the Executive Board of the Violoncello Society, Inc. of New York.

Nicholas Anderson's work is dedicated to a vision of the enrichment that the cello and its music can provide in everyone's life.