Emmanuel Feldman

{{about||the rabbi|Emanuel Feldman}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Emmanuel Feldman | image = Emmanuel Feldman 2015.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965}} | birth_place = New York, NY | death_date = | instrument = Cello | genre = Classical | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1986–present | label = {{flatlist| * Albany * Delos * Naxos * Arsis * Navona * MMC }} | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * Cello e Basso * Aurea Ensemble * Boston Philharmonic Orchestra * Nashville Chamber Orchestra * Bobby McFerrin * New England String Ensemble }} | website = [http://www.emmanuelfeldman.com/ emmanuelfeldman.com] }}

'''Emmanuel Feldman''' (born 1965)<ref name="kwang">Karissa S. Wang, "Husband-wife duo's music is really deep," ''The Patriot Ledger'', June 1, 1994.</ref> is an American classical cellist and teacher based in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the co-founder of the cello-double bass duo Cello e Basso, and a member of the Aurea Ensemble.

==Early life and education== Feldman was born and raised in New York City.<ref name="kwang"/> He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia,<ref name="kwang"/> and at the Conservatoire de Paris.<ref name="jreel">James Reel, "Chatting With Emmanuel Feldman," ''Fanfare'', vol. 30, no. 2, November/December 2006.</ref>

==Career== As part of completing his studies in Paris, Feldman joined l'Orchestre des Prix, and was the first American ever in the orchestra.<ref name="jreel"/> After his time in France, he moved to Boston, where he became the principal cellist in the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra in 1990, at the age of 23. He left in 1993 to focus on his solo career.<ref name="kwang"/><ref name="jreel"/>

In 1992, Feldman and his wife Pascale Delache-Feldman formed Axiom Duo, with Feldman on cello and Delache-Feldman on double bass. As pioneers of the cello-double bass combination, they had to devise their own music by writing original pieces and transcribing music from other composers to fit their low-pitched instruments.<ref name="kwang"/> Their self-titled debut was released in 2002.<ref name="abeckendorf">Andi Beckendorf, "Axiom Duo," International Society of Bassists, vol. 26, no. 1, 2002, pp. 67-68.</ref> The album features works originally written for cello and bass, along with their own transcriptions of pieces by Mozart, Bartók and Handel.<ref name="abeckendorf"/> They later renamed the duo Cello e Basso.<ref>Richard Dyer, [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132402/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7955708.html "Defying Gravity, and Celebrating It,"] ''Boston Globe'', May 8, 2006.</ref>

In 2006, Feldman released ''Rider on the Plains'', named after the subtitle of the first movement of Virgil Thomson's 1950 ''Cello Concerto'', which is featured on the album.<ref name="atommasini">Anthony Tommasini, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E1DF1230F937A25752C0A9619C8B63 "Rustic Streams Hiding Complicated Traditions,"] ''New York Times'', January 14, 2007.</ref> Feldman first heard of the piece in the late 1990s after speaking with Anthony Tommasini, Thomson's biographer.<ref name="jreel"/> Feldman found it to be "an undiscovered gem of American cello repertoire."<ref>Laurence Vittes, "All American," ''Strings'', April 2008, pp. 34-36.</ref> The album also includes two works by Charles Fussell, which Feldman commissioned in 2002 to record alongside Thomson's work.<ref name="atommasini"/><ref>David Hurwitz, [https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-13219/ "Rider on the Plains,"] Classics Today, November 6, 2006.</ref><ref>Laurence Vittes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132343/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1308672331.html "Rider on the Plains,"] ''Strings'', August/September 2007, p. 140.</ref> On the album, Feldman is joined by the New England String Ensemble and Nashville Chamber Orchestra.<ref name="atommasini"/> ''Rider on the Plains'' was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical category for producer Blanton Alspaugh.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/arts/06grammylist.html "The Complete List of Grammy Nominees,"] Category 97, ''New York Times'', December 6, 2007.</ref> Feldman's second album, ''Our American Roots'', was released in 2013. It features George Gershwin's ''Three Preludes'', arranged for cello and piano by Feldman, as well as renditions of music by Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber and George Walker.<ref>Donald Rosenberg, "'Our American Roots'," ''Gramophone'', October 2013.</ref><ref>D. Moore, [https://delosmusic.com/arg-reviews-our-american-roots-cd/ "Our American Roots,"] ''American Record Guide'', 2013.</ref> As a composer, Feldman's original compositions include the three-movement "Enigma No. 1", written for cello and bass,<ref>Joel Altman, "Axiom Duo excels in spirited, inspired program at Orpheum," ''The Patriot Ledger'', February 21, 1995.</ref> and "Synergy", written for string orchestra.<ref>[https://necmusic.edu/faculty/emmanuel-feldman Emmanuel Feldman bio], necmusic.edu. Accessed January 3, 2018.</ref>

Feldman has performed as the principal cellist in the Boston Philharmonic and Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra;<ref>Michael Manning, "Bringing out the best (and worst) in Philharmonic," ''Boston Globe'', April 30, 1996.</ref> as a soloist with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra,<ref name="atommasini"/> Emmanuel Music,<ref>Richard Buell, [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132340/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8534898.html "Emmanuel picks up where Schubert left off,"] ''Boston Globe'', January 5, 1999.</ref> Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble,<ref>Richard Dyer, [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132352/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8277670.html "Dinosaur Annex overcomes a crisis,"] ''Boston Globe'', May 3, 1994.</ref> New England String Ensemble,<ref>Richard Dyer, [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132404/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8578630.html "A dazzling start for Wyner,"] ''Boston Globe'', October 4, 1999.</ref> New Bedford Symphony Orchestra,<ref name="rpachece">Richard Pachece, "NBSO opens with 'intense, provocative' performance," ''The Standard-Times'', October 22, 1996.</ref> and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project;<ref>Richard Buell, [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132346/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8586824.html "BMOP beautifully handles Jewish orchestral music,"] ''Boston Globe'', February 29, 2000.</ref> and alongside Bobby McFerrin,<ref>Richard Dyer, [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104013912/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8755967.html "Bobby McFerrin thrives on the unexpected,"] ''Boston Globe'', August 25, 1992.</ref> Borromeo String Quartet,<ref name="killington">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180104073325/http://www.killingtonmusicfestival.org/feldman.html Emmanuel Feldman: Cello]}}, Killington Music Festival. Accessed January 3, 2018.</ref> David Deveau,<ref name="killington"/> Marcus Thompson<ref name="killington"/> and Gilbert Kalish.<ref name="killington"/> He is a faculty member at Boston's New England Conservatory,<ref>Terry Blain, [https://www.newspapers.com/image/323639023/?terms=%22emmanuel+feldman%22+cello "Classical Music,"] ''Star Tribune'', July 31, 2017.</ref> where he was the cello teacher of Zlatomir Fung,<ref>Sara Mulkeen, [http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/x21088014/Westborough-teen-internationally-recognized-for-cello "Westborough teen internationally recognized for cello,"] ''The MetroWest Daily News'', October 9, 2012.</ref><ref>Mark Wedel, [http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/10/post_78.html "Stulberg-winning teen cellist Zlatomir Fung to solo with Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra,"] ''Kalamazoo Gazette'', October 29, 2014.</ref> and at the Department of Music at Tufts University,<ref>[http://as.tufts.edu/music/faculty/appliedBios.htm "Applied Music Faculty Biographies: Cello,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517144435/http://as.tufts.edu/music/faculty/appliedBios.htm |date=2011-05-17 }} Tufts University. Accessed January 3, 2018.</ref> and has also taught cello at Brown University<ref>[https://delosmusic.com/new-release-our-american-roots/ "New Release – Our American Roots,"] Delos. Accessed January 3, 2018.</ref> and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.<ref name="rpachece"/>

==Personal life== Feldman and his wife, Pascale Delache-Feldman, a double bassist, are based in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref name="jreel"/><ref>Richard Buell, [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132348/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8658571.html "Citizen Feld Celebrates the Sounds of the City,"] ''Boston Globe'', May 26, 2001.</ref> They met while studying at the Curtis Institute of Music.<ref name="kwang"/>

==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" !rowspan="1"|Year !rowspan="1"|Title |- |2002 |''Axiom Duo'' * By: Axiom Duo * Released: 2002 * Label: Synergy Classics * Formats: CD |- |2006 |''Rider on the Plains: Cello Concertos'' * By: Emmanuel Feldman * Released: October 24, 2006 * Label: Albany Records * Formats: CD, digital download |- |2013 |''Our American Roots: Gershwin, Barber, Walker, Copland'' * By: Emmanuel Feldman and Joy Cline Phinney * Released: May 28, 2013 * Label: Delos * Formats: CD, digital download |}

===Appears on=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:55px;"| Year ! style="width:255px;"| Album ! style="width:290px;"| Artist ! style="width:255px;"| Credits |- | rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;"|1993 | ''Noises, Sounds & Strange Airs'' | Ewazen, Heinick, Marshall and Snow | Cello |- | rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;"|1995 | ''Visions: Words for the Future'' | Boston Gay Men's Chorus | Cello |- | rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;"|2007 | ''Chamber Music'' | Armand Qualliotine | Cello |- | rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;"|2008 | ''5th Season'' | Jonathan Sacks | Cello |- | rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;"|2009 | ''Bloom'' | Michael J. Evans | Cello |- | rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|2010 | ''Classical Contemporary Chamber Music for the 21st Century, Volume 1'' | Essex Chamber Music Players | Cello |- | ''Nantucket Dreaming'' | Carson Cooman | Cello |- | ''Tendrils'' | Byron Petty, Robert Stewart and Peter Homans | Cello |- | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|2015 | ''Chamber Music'' | Julian Wachner | Cello |- | ''Winter Shore'' | Benjamin Sabey | Cello |- | rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;"|2016 | ''Territory of the Heart'' | Douglas Bruce Johnson | Cello |- |}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [http://www.emmanuelfeldman.com/ Official website]

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