Nancy Green (cellist)

Nancy Green (born May 25, 1952) is an American cellist.

Early life

Green was born in Boston in 1952[1] and started playing the cello at age eight.[2] She studied at the Juilliard School with Leonard Rose and Lynn Harrell,[2] and performed in the masterclasses of Mstislav Rostropovich.[3] After receiving a Rockefeller grant to study in London, England with Jacqueline du Pré,[3] she continued her studies at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, Germany with Johannes Goritzki.[4] In 1976 her debut at Carnegie Hall, sponsored by the Concert Artists Guild, was described as one by a "fine young musician" by the New York Times.[5] In 1978 Green performed a cello solo with the Chappaqua Chamber Orchestra.[6]

Career

Green has taught at the Guildhall School of Music and the Chethams School of Music.[7] In 1995, she joined the faculty at the University of Arizona,[8] where she was head of cello studies.[9] In 2005 she left academia to focus her time on performing and recording music.[10]

Green was the first cellist to record the complete Hungarian Dances of Brahms arranged by Alfredo Piatti, Franz Schmidt’s Three Fantasy Pieces (after Hungarian National Melodies), and the complete works of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, all on Biddulph Recordings (London, UK) and later re-issued on JRI Recordings (USA).  Other premieres include Donald Francis Tovey's sonata for solo cello (JRI), the complete works for cello and piano of Robert Fuchs, complete Arensky works for cello[11] and works of Venezuelan composer Paul Desenne (Cello Classics) as well as Mendelssohn-Merk Variations in A major, newly completed by R. Larry Todd and published by Bärenreiter.

With her longstanding duo partner, Frederick Moyer, (also her cousin),[12][13] Green recorded numerous CDs which are described as "musically thoughtful".[14]  She also performed regularly as a duo with Brazilian pianist Diana Kacso.

The minor planet 11067, discovered in 1992, is named Greenancy in honor of Green.[1]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 "Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "This week at Ithaca College". The Ithaca Journal. January 18, 1975. p. 25. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Reel, James (June 8, 2006). "The Simpler Life". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Biography – Nancy Green – Cellist & Recording Artist". Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  5. ↑ Ericson, Raymond (January 18, 1976). "Music in Review: Debut on Cello By Nancy Green". New York Times. p. 43. ProQuest 123005650.
  6. ↑ Sherman, Robert (May 14, 1978). "MUSIC". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Biography – Nancy Green – Cellist & Recording Artist". Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  8. ↑ Reel, James (June 8, 2006). "The Simpler Life". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  9. ↑ Buckley, Daniel (March 16, 1996). "Cellist Nancy Green sure to please at UA faculty recital". Tucson Citizen. p. 9. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  10. ↑ Reel, James (October 2006). "Ferdinand Ries: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1/Brahms: Twenty-One Hungarian Dances; Schmidt: Three Fantasy Pieces/Arensky: Complete Works for Cello and Piano; Rachmaninov: Sonata for Piano and Cello, Op. 19". Strings; San Anselmo. Vol. 21, no. 3. p. 102 – via ProQuest.
  11. ↑ "JRI Recordings". www.jrirecordings.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  12. ↑ Knapp, Peter M. (March 17, 2001). "Moyer gives compelling rendition of Chopin". The Patriot Ledger; Quincy, Mass. [Quincy, Mass]. p. 41.
  13. ↑ Carrell, Jennifer Lee (July 21, 2000). "'Soulful' cello a passion for UA professor". Arizona Daily Star. p. 63. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  14. ↑ Moore, David W. (2021). "BEETHOVEN:Cello Pieces (2)". American Record Guide; Washington. Vol. 84, no. 4. p. 35.
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