Astrid Schween

Astrid Schween (* 1964 in New York City ) is an American cellist and university professor.

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Schween made her debut as a teenager with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees at the Juilliard School , where she won the Juilliard Cello Prize twice. Her teachers were Harvey Shapiro , Leonard Rose , Channing Robins and Ardyth Alten , as well as Bernard Greenhouse , HT Ma , Eugene Moye and, in London, Jacqueline du Pré . She was also a participant in the Marlboro Music Festival and the William Pleeth Cello Master Classes at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh.

As a member of the Lark Quartet , Schween won several prizes, including the Naumburg Chamber Music Award in London. She recorded numerous CDs and worked on the performance of commissioned compositions including Aaron Jay Kernis ', Peter Schickeles , Jennifer Higdons , Daniel Bernard Roumains , Julia Wolfes and Libby Larsens, as well as the world premiere of Kenneth Frazelle's ballet music Still / Here for the choreographer Bitt T. Jones With.

Schween has appeared at numerous international music festivals (including the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival ), toured the USA, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Japan, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand and gave concerts in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, among others and in the Concertgebouw , the Wiener Musikverein , the Opéra Bastille , the Wigmore Hall and the Library of Congress . She has been a frequent guest at the Boston Chamber Music Society , the Memphis Chamber Music Society, and the InterHarmony International Music Festival . Her favorite recital partners include pianist Randall Hodgkinson . and Michael Gurt . At the invitation of James Ehnes , she was an annual participant in the Seattle Chamber Music Festival from 2016 to 2018 .

Schween succeeded Matt Haimovitz as professor of cello at the University of Massachusetts . She also taught at the Hartt School of Music , Mount Holyoke College and the Interlochen Center for the Arts . In 2016 she succeeded Joel Krosnick as a member of the Juilliard String Quartet and became a member of the cello faculty at the Juilliard School. In addition, she continued to perform as a soloist (including with Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto). In 2017 she recorded Gordon Green's Rhapsody for solo cello and electrinoc as well as albums with the Boston Trio and the Juilliard String Quartet . She succeeded Ronald Leonard at the Perelman Music Program .

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SURNAME	Schween, Astrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American cellist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City