# Colin Carr

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thumb|250px|right|Violinist Iryna Krechkovsky, cellist Colin Carr and pianist Julian Martin performing at Chapman University on 23 May 2014'''Colin Carr''' (born 25 October 1957) is a British [cello](/source/cello) soloist, [chamber music](/source/chamber_music)ian, [recording artist](/source/recording_artist) and teacher.

==Biography==
Born in [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool), Carr is professor of cello at the [Royal Academy of Music](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Music). He taught at the [New England Conservatory](/source/New_England_Conservatory) in [Boston](/source/Boston) for 16 years before joining the Royal Academy's faculty.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=q16448/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Colin Carr|last=Eriksson|first=Erik|publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref> He is affiliated with the [State University of New York at Stony Brook](/source/State_University_of_New_York_at_Stony_Brook). Carr has won many international awards, including First Prize in the Naumburg Competition, the Gregor Piatigorsky Memorial Award, Second Prize in the Rostropovich International Cello Competition and the Young Concert artists competition.

Carr began playing at the age of five, and studied with [Maurice Gendron](/source/Maurice_Gendron). He also attended the [Yehudi Menuhin School](/source/Yehudi_Menuhin_School). He formerly played the 'Marquis de Corberon' [Stradivari](/source/Stradivarius) cello, formerly played by [Zara Nelsova](/source/Zara_Nelsova) and now played by [Steven Isserlis](/source/Steven_Isserlis), and owned by the [Royal Academy of Music](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Music). He now plays a Venetian cello made by [Matteo Goffriller](/source/Matteo_Goffriller).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/carr/carr.htm|title=Conversation with Colin Carr}}</ref>

He is married with three children, and lives in Oxfordshire.

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==External links==
*[http://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/staff/colin-carr Royal Academy of Music biography of Colin Carr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927235347/http://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/staff/colin-carr |date=27 September 2017 }}
*[http://streams.wgbh.org/online/play.php?xml=clas/cmd060915colincarr.xml&template=clas',386,452 Hear Colin Carr in concert]  from [http://www.wgbh.org/classical WGBH Radio Boston]

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