Robert deMaine
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Robert deMaine (b. 6 December 1969, Oklahoma City) is an American concert cellist and composer of French and Polish ancestry.
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[edit] Biography
From a family of musicians and artists, his cello teachers have included his mother, Ann, and his sister, Mary, and cellists Jane Smith, Leonard Rose, Steven Doane, Paul Katz, and Aldo Parisot; in addition, from an early age he studied piano, voice, and harmony with Rose Rahal.
[edit] Education
He is an alumnus of Yale University, the Eastman School of Music, and has also studied at the Juilliard School and the University of Southern California.
[edit] Competitions
A first-prizewinner in many national and international music competitions, his international concert career began in 1990 after being named the winner of the 5th annual Irving M. Klein International Competition for Strings in San Francisco.
[edit] Current activities
In addition to his activities as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician, he is Principal Cellist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, a post he has held since 2002.
[edit] Compositions
deMaine has written music for the cello which he regularly performs, including 2 concerti, an unaccompanied sonata, 12 Études-Caprices, and several song cycles for voice and piano.
[edit] Trivia
He performs on a cello made in 1845 by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume of Paris in addition to an instrument made by Joannes Gagliano, Naples, ca. 1780.
