Ari Evan, cello

Praised for his “evocative, impassioned” playing and “remarkable security,” (New York Concert Review, Shostakovich Concerto No. 1) cellist Ari Evan maintains an active performing career throughout North America and Europe. From 2020-2023 he lived in Belgium, where he completed his Artist Diploma at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapelle under the tutelage of Gary Hoffman. Solo highlights from this time include a performance of Schumann’s Cello Concerto with the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, Haydn D with Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Vienna Concert Orchestra, and a solo recital at Flagey.

A versatile chamber musician, Ari has performed with Itzhak Perlman, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Corina Belcea, Colin Carr, Miriam Fried, Gary Hoffman, Hsin-Yun Huang, Ani Kavafian, Robert McDonald, Donald Weilerstein, Carol Wincenc, and has toured internationally as guest cellist with the Rolston String Quartet, Aeolus Quartet and Quatuor MONA. He has world-premiered works by Augusta Reed Thomas, Aaron J Kernis, Philip Lasser, Alexander Liebermann and Pieter Schuermans, and has performed with Steve Mackey and Kinan Azmeh on their own compositions. As a chamber musician, he is featured on the Alpha Classics, DUX, MSR Classics, and Sono Luminus labels.

Ari has served as guest principal with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Princeton Symphony. He has also worked with many of New York’s premiere ensembles, touring with Orpheus and the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), and performing with Orchestra of St Lukes, Music from Copland House, NOVUS, Metropolis Ensemble, New York Classical Players, Frisson, and Exponential Ensemble. Additionally, he serves as the co-founder and artistic director of the Forest Hills Chamber Music Series, a project born out of his tenure as an Ensemble Connect Fellow at Carnegie Hall from 2018-2020. He received his Masters degree from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Timothy Eddy.