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Colin Carr is a distinguished professor of cello currently at the Royal Academy of Music. Carr taught at the New England Conservatory in Boston for 16 years before taking up his current job at the Royal Academy of Music. In addition, he is also affiliated with the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He took second place in the international Rostropovich Cello Competition. Carr began playing at the age of five, and studied with Maurice Gendron. He also attended the Yehudi Menuhin School. He now plays on the 'Marquis de Coboron' Stradivari cello, formerly played by Zara Nelsova, and owned by the Royal Academy of Music. He lives with his wife and two children in a 17th century restored farmhouse outside of Oxford, England.
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