

Nicholas Canellakis has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation, praised as a “superb young soloist” (New Yorker) and for being “impassioned … the audience seduced by Mr. Canellakis’s rich, alluring tone” (New York Times). Recent concert highlights include concerto appearances with the Virginia, Albany, Delaware, Stamford, Richardson, Lansing, and Bangor symphonies, the Erie Philharmonic, The Orchestra Now, the New Haven Symphony, and the American Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall. Canellakis was recently appointed to the cello faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, his alma mater. Canellakis is an Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He is also a regular guest artist at many of the world’s leading music festivals. Canellakis plays on a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume cello from 1840.