James Zuill Bailey, better known as Zuill Bailey (born April 24, 1972) is an American

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-winning

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soloist,

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ian, and

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. A graduate of the

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of the

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and the

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, he has appeared in recital and with major orchestras internationally. He is a professor of cello and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the

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. Bailey’s extensive recording catalogue are released on TELARC, Avie, Steinway and Sons, Octave, Delos, Albany, Sono Luminus, Naxos, Azica, Concord, EuroArts, ASV, Oxingale and Zenph Studios.

Biography

As a concerto soloist, Bailey has performed with over 200 Symphony orchestras worldwide. These

symphony orchestras An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, a ...

include the

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, Philharmonia UK, Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Buffalo,

Nashville Symphony The Nashville Symphony is an American symphony orchestra, based in Nashville, Tennessee. The orchestra is resident at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. History In 1920, prior to the 1946 founding of the Nashville Symphony, a group of amateur a ...

, Borusan Orchestra - Turkey, Ft. Worth, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Colombia, Colorado Symphony,

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Athens State Orchestra The Athens State Orchestra () is a Greek symphony orchestra based in Athens, which is consistently ranked in the top handful of orchestras of the country. Principal conductors * Filoktitis Εkonomidis (1942–1957) * Theodoros Vavagiannis (195 ...

Greece,

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, Estonian National Symphony,

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, and

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. He has collaborated with conductors Alan Gilbert, Neemi Jarvi, Andrew Litton,

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, James De Preist, Giancarlo Guerrero,

Christoph Eschenbach Christoph Eschenbach (; born 20 February 1940) is a German pianist and conductor. Early life Eschenbach was born on 20 February 1940 in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) as Christoph Ringmann. His parents were Margarethe (née Jaross), a ...

and

Stanisław Skrowaczewski Stanislaw Pawel Stefan Jan Sebastian Skrowaczewski (; October 3, 1923 – February 21, 2017) was a Polish-American classical conductor and composer. Biography Skrowaczewski was born in Lwów, Second Polish Republic (now Lviv, Ukraine). His pa ...

, and has performed with the pianists Awadagin Pratt, Marc-Andre Hamelin,

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, the

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, the violinist

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, and cellists

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and Janos Starker. In his sold-out New York recital debut, Bailey performed the complete

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with pianist Simone Dinnerstein at the

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. He has appeared at the Teatro Colon- Argentina,

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, JAZZ at Lincoln Center, the

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, and

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, where he made his debut performing the U.S. premiere of

Mikis Theodorakis Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis ( ; 29 July 1925 – 2 September 2021) was a Greek composer and lyricist credited with over 1,000 works. He scored for the films '' Zorba the Greek'' (1964), '' Z'' (1969), and '' Serpico'' (1973). He was a three-ti ...

' Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra. His international appearances include notable performances with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in its 50th-anniversary tour of Russia as well as concerts in Australia, the Dominican Republic, France, Greece, Estonia, Spain, South Africa, Hong Kong, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, South America and the United Kingdom. Festival appearances include Ravinia, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Manchester Cello Festival (UK), Wimbledon (UK), Consonances-St. Nazareth FRANCE, Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Deia Music Festival- Mallorca (Spain), Montreal- Canada, Santa Fe, Caramoor, Chautauqua, Bravo! Vail Valley, Maverick Concert Series and the

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. In addition he was the featured soloist performing the Elgar Cello Concerto at the Bard Festival in the World Premiere of the Doug Varrone Dance Company performance of Victorious. An internationally renowned recording artist with over thirty titles, Mr. Bailey’s extensive celebrated discography includes recordings of the Bach Cello Suites and the Britten Cello Symphony/Sonata with pianist Natasha Paremski. Both of which immediately soared to the Number One spot on the Classical Billboard Charts. Other celebrated releases include the compete works for cello and piano of Brahms, Beethoven and Barber in addition to concertos of Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Dvorak, Elgar, Haydn, Schumann, Korngold, Saint Saens, Walton, Strauss Don Quixote, Bloch Schelomo, Brahms Double, Beethoven Triple and the world premiere recordings of the Muhly, Zwillich and Daugherty works for cello and orchestra. Kalmus Music Masters have published "Zuill Bailey Performance Editions" which will encompass the core repertoire of cello literature. Network television appearances include a recurring role on the

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series, '' Oz'', in addition to features on

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, A&E,

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in Japan, a live broadcast of the Beethoven Triple Concerto from Mexico City, and the televised production of the Cuban premiere of Victor Herbert's Cello Concerto No. 2 with the National Orchestra of Cuba. He has been heard on NPR's ''

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'' and Tiny Desk Concert series, ''

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'', BBC's ''In Tune'', XM Radio's ''Live from Studio II'', SiriusXM Satellite Radio, TEDx, and RTHK Radio Hong Kong. Zuill Bailey performs on the 1693 “rosette” Matteo Gofriller Cello, formerly owned by Mischa Schneider of the Budapest String Quartet. In addition to extensive touring engagements, Bailey is the Artistic Director of El Paso Pro Musica, Northwest BachFest in Spokane WA, the Sitka Music Festival, Juneau Jazz & Classics, the Mesa Arts Center and Professor of Cello and Director of the Center for Arts Entrepreneurship at the

. In 2014, Johns Hopkins honored Zuill Bailey as their distinguished alumni and in 2016, Bailey was nominated for and won a

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in the category of

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for his recording of American composer

Michael Daugherty Michael Kevin Daugherty (born April 28, 1954) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American composer, pianist, and teacher. He is influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and Postmodernism. Daugherty's notable works include his Superman comic b ...

's cello concerto '' Tales of Hemingway,'' recorded by the

; the composition also garnered Grammys in the categories of Best Contemporary Classical Composition and Best Classical Compendium.

Discography

* Zwillich Cello Concerto, Santa Rosa Symphony, Zuill Bailey (cello) (2021) Delos * Bach Cello Suites, Two Volumes, Zuill Bailey (cello), (2021) Octave Records * Walton Cello Concerto, Strauss Don Quixote, NC Symphony, Zuill Bailey (cello), Roberto Diaz (viola) (2020) Steinway and Sons * Schumann Cello Concerto, Brahms Double, Bloch and Bruch, NC Symphony, Philharmonia UK, Zuill Bailey (cello), Philippe Quint (violin) (2019) Steinway and Sons * Haydn Cello Concertos, Philharmonia UK, Zuill Bailey (cello) (2018) Steinway and Sons * Brahms Sextets, Cypress String Quartet, Zuill Bailey (cello), Barry Shiffman (viola) (2017) Avie * Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante and Cello Sonata, Zuill Bailey (cello), NC Symphony, Natasha Paremski (piano) (2017) Steinway and Sons * Daugherty Tales of Hemingway for Cello and Orchestra (2016), Zuill Bailey (cello) Naxos * Schumann Cello Concerto, Beethoven Kreutzer Quintet, Zuill Bailey (cello), Ying String Quartet (2016) Sono Luminus * Barber, Bernstein, Foss and Copland works for cello and piano (2016), Zuill Bailey (cello), Lara Downes (piano) Steinway and Sons * Schubert Arpeggione Sonata, Falla, Leisner, Gluck, Saint Saens, Villa Lobos and Paganini for cello and guitar, Zuill Bailey (cello), David Leisner (guitar) (2015) Azica Records * Bloch Schelomo and Muhly Cello Concerto (2014), Zuill Bailey (cello) Indianapolis Symphony. Steinway and Sons * Britten Cello Symphony and Cello Sonata (2014), Zuill Bailey (cello), NC Symphony, Natasha Paremski (piano) Telarc * Emily Bear DIVERSITY, Zuill Bailey (cello) (2014) Concord * Elgar Cello Concerto, (2013), Zuill Bailey (cello) Indianapolis Symphony. Telarc * Beethoven Triple Concerto, ‘’’(2010), Israel Philharmonic, Zuill Bailey (cello),

(conductor) Navah Perlman (piano) and violinist

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(2010) DVD. EuroArts * Dvořák Cello Concerto, (2012), Zuill Bailey (cello) Indianapolis Symphony. Telarc * The Spanish Masters, Manuel De Falla (2011), Zuill Bailey (cello) Zenph Studios * Brahms Sonatas and Songs, (2011), Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (piano) Telarc * Bach Cello Suites, 2 CD set (2010), Zuill Bailey (cello) Telarc * Beethoven: Zuill Bailey and Simone Dinnerstein, 2 CD set (2009), Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (piano) * Bach and Friends DVD, Zuill Bailey (cello) (2009) * Russian Masterworks CD (pieces by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich with San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, (2009), Zuill Bailey (cello) Telarc * Piano trios by Schubert and Shostakovich, with pianist Navah Perlman and violinist

, (2008). Telarc CD * Arensky & Dohnanyi: with Special Guest Lynn Harrell, (2007),

(violin), Kirsten Johnson (viola), Zuill Bailey (cello), Soovin Kim (violin),

(cello) Delos * Saint-Saëns Cello Concertos with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, (2005), Zuill Bailey (cello) Delos * Janos Starker Celebration - Schubert & Boccherini, (2005), Janos Starker (cello), Kirsten Johnson (viola), Zuill Bailey (cello), Soovin Kim (violin), Kurt Nikkanen (violin) Delos * Zuill Bailey: Debut Solo CD, (2003), Zuill Bailey (cello) * Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Cello Concerto, (2003), Zuill Bailey (cello), Bruckner Orchestra Linz/Caspar Richter, ASV * The Rose Album, performing David Popper's ''Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano'' opus 66, with cellists Matt Haimovitz and Sara Sant'Ambrogio, and pianist Navah Perlman (2002). Oxingale Records CD OX2002 * Hudson Oratorio, Juilliard Orchestra, Zuill Bailey (cello) (1997) Albany Records

References

External links

Official SiteColbert Artists Management, Inc. - Zuill BaileyZuill performing in Mexico City
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BACH & friends Documentary
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