CHRISTOPHER GROSS, CELLO
Pictured: Chris teaches a student at the Casa San Miguel during Project II
"For many, Christopher Gross' intense reading ...might have been the highlight of the evening." (MusicWeb International)
Following Christopher Gross' performance of Brian Ferneyhough's Time and Motion Study II for solo cello at the 2005 Lincoln Center Festival the New York Times wrote: "...for 20 minutes this skinny young cellist with a punkish hair cut seemed like a musical master of the universe..." Mr. Gross has performed numerous solo and chamber performances of contemporary music throughout the United States and in Europe. Most recently, he premiered Milton Babbitt's piece More Melismata for solo cello on the 2006 Focus! Festival. In the summer of 2005 he appeared in solo performance at John Zorn's new performance space The Stone. On the 2005 Focus! Festival, he appeared as soloist in Arvo Pärt's Pro et Contra. In 2003, he premiered James Dillon's piano quintet The Soadie Waste, and gave many of the early performances of Luciano Berio's Sequenza XIV for solo cello. At Oberlin College, he was cellist in the Contemporary Music Ensemble, performing with Ursula Oppens, Stephen Drury, and Frances-Marie Uitti. Also in demand as an ensemble musician, he has played with various new music ensembles, including the International Contemporary Ensemble, Continuum, Ensemble Annura, Juilliard Electric Ensemble, and at venues including Merkin Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Bargemusic, Roulette, the Cleveland Museum of Art, MOBIA, and the Chelsea Art Museum.
In addition to his interests in contemporary music, Chris seeks to bring new understanding to the standard repertoire through audience education and innovative programming. As a teaching artist, he has performed for thousands of students throughout the country, both as soloist and as a founding member of The Io Quartet and the previous Enesco Quartet.
Pictured: Chris teaches a student at the Casa San Miguel during Project II
"For many, Christopher Gross' intense reading ...might have been the highlight of the evening." (MusicWeb International)
Following Christopher Gross' performance of Brian Ferneyhough's Time and Motion Study II for solo cello at the 2005 Lincoln Center Festival the New York Times wrote: "...for 20 minutes this skinny young cellist with a punkish hair cut seemed like a musical master of the universe..." Mr. Gross has performed numerous solo and chamber performances of contemporary music throughout the United States and in Europe. Most recently, he premiered Milton Babbitt's piece More Melismata for solo cello on the 2006 Focus! Festival. In the summer of 2005 he appeared in solo performance at John Zorn's new performance space The Stone. On the 2005 Focus! Festival, he appeared as soloist in Arvo Pärt's Pro et Contra. In 2003, he premiered James Dillon's piano quintet The Soadie Waste, and gave many of the early performances of Luciano Berio's Sequenza XIV for solo cello. At Oberlin College, he was cellist in the Contemporary Music Ensemble, performing with Ursula Oppens, Stephen Drury, and Frances-Marie Uitti. Also in demand as an ensemble musician, he has played with various new music ensembles, including the International Contemporary Ensemble, Continuum, Ensemble Annura, Juilliard Electric Ensemble, and at venues including Merkin Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Bargemusic, Roulette, the Cleveland Museum of Art, MOBIA, and the Chelsea Art Museum.
In addition to his interests in contemporary music, Chris seeks to bring new understanding to the standard repertoire through audience education and innovative programming. As a teaching artist, he has performed for thousands of students throughout the country, both as soloist and as a founding member of The Io Quartet and the previous Enesco Quartet.
Chris participated in Project II in the Philippines.
