Amanda Forsyth

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Amanda Forsyth (born October 12, 1966 ) is a Canadian cellist .

The daughter of the composer Malcolm Forsyth had cello lessons in Edmonton from the age of three . From 1977 she was a student of William Pleeth in England for a year and a half . At the Juilliard School she studied with Harvey Shapiro until she graduated in 1989 . She has appeared as a soloist with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra , the Edmonton Youth Orchestra and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and as a chamber musician with Lynn Harrell , Miriam Fried and Stephen Hough at the Hollywood Bowl .

From 1990–91 she was a cellist in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra , she also appeared with the Chinook Troi in Toronto and on two tours of Japan and with the Trio Vivant . Other chamber music partners included a. Yo-Yo Ma , Garrick Ohlsson , Jon Kimura Parker , Yefim Bronfman , Joseph Kalichstein , Jaime Laredo , Arnold Steinhardt , Michael Tree and Louis Lortie . Since 2003 she has been a member of the Zukerman Chamber Players of her husband Pinchas Zukerman .

Discography (selection)

  • 1991: Palm Court Encores (with Ensemble Vivant)
  • 1999: Soaring with Agamemnon
  • 2000: Electra Rising: The Music of Malcolm Forsyth
  • 2003: Zukerman Conducts Mozart
  • 2008: Mozart: Flute Quartets
  • 2016: Baroque Treasury

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Palm Court Encores. In: ensemblevivant.com. Ensemble Vivant, 1991, accessed June 25, 2020 .
  2. ^ Soaring with Agamemnon. In: Internet Archive. June 27, 2009, accessed June 25, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Steve Schwartz: CD Review 'Electra Rising'. In: classical.net. 2000, accessed June 25, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Album overview 'Zukerman Conducts Mozart'. In: allmusic.com. October 21, 2003, accessed June 25, 2020 .
  5. ^ David Vernier: CD Review 'Mozart flute quartets'. In: classicstoday.com. Retrieved June 25, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Album overview 'Baroque Treasury'. In: nac-cna.ca. September 19, 2016, accessed June 25, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Forsyth, Amanda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian cellist
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1966