Cultures in Harmony

RYAN MURPHY, CELLO
Pictured: Ryan strikes a pose at Godfrey Huggins School in Marondera, Zimbabwe

Ryan Murphy made his solo debut with the Cleveland Orchestra and has had additional appearances with the Detroit Symphony and University City Symphony. His radio appearances include the From the Top radio show at the Kennedy Center, where he was the winner of the audience choice award, as well as an appearance on Classic 99's Young Heroes in Music in St. Louis.

Mr. Murphy is also an avid orchestral player, participating in the Tanglewood Music Festival, the Kent Blossom Music Festival, and the Round Top Festival. He is also a former member of the Canton Symphony and served as assistant principal cellist in the World Youth Orchestra for Peace, presenting concerts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of those two cities.

He has participated in master classes with Peter Salaff of the Cleveland Quartet; members of the Cavani, Miro, and Brentano Quartets; and solo classes and coachings with Janos Starker, Margo Garrett, Norman Fischer, and others. Mr. Murphy is currently in the Acclaimed Young Eight String Octet that performs concerts and community outreach across the country.

Mr. Murphy performs on a 1998 Peter Staszel cello on permanent loan to him from the Chicago workshop of William Harris Lee & Co.

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