Zuill Bailey
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Zuill Bailey is considered one of the pre-eminent cellists of his generation. His rare combination of compelling artistry, technical finesse, and engaging personality has secured his place as one of the most celebrated and sought after cellists today.
As a consummate concerto soloist,Bailey performs with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Louisville, Milwaukee, Minnesota, San Francisco, Toronto and Utah, among other leading orchestras around the world. He has collaborated with such conductors as Itzhak Perlman, Alan Gilbert, Andrew Litton, Grant Llewellyn, James De Priest and Stanislav Skrowacezewski, and has been featured with musical luminaries Leon Fleisher, the Juilliard String Quartet, Jaime Laredo, Lynn Harrell and Janos Starker. In his New York recital debut, Bailey performed a sold-out performance of the complete Beethoven sonatas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In addition to other major venues, he has appeared at the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, the 92nd St. Y, and Carnegie Hall, where he made his debut performing the U.S. premiere of Miklos Theodorakis' Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra.
His international appearances include celebrated performances with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in its 50th anniversary tour of Russia as well as concerts in the Dominican Republic,France, Israel, Hong Kong, Jordan, Mexico, Peru and the United Kingdom. Festival appearances include Ravinia, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Santa Fe Chamber Music, Chautauqua, and Bard Festivals, Bravo! Vail Valley, Maverick Concert Series and the Music Academy of the West.
Zuill Bailey is a member of the acclaimed Perlman-Schmidt-Bailey Trio, featuring pianist Navah Perlman and violinist Giora Schmidt. He performs regularly with long-time duo partner pianist Awadagin Pratt as well as with pianist Simone Dinnerstein. Their recording of the Beethoven Sonatas for Cello and Piano has received widespread popular and critical acclaim. Other recordings include a debut recital disc for Delos, Cello Quintets of Boccherini and Schubert with Janos Starker, Saint Saens' Cello Concertos No. 1 and 2 "Live," and the Korngold Cello Concerto with Kaspar Richter and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz for ASV.
Network television appearances include a recurring role on the HBO series, "Oz," in addition to features on NBC, A&E, NHK-TV in Japan, a live broadcast of the Beethoven Triple Concerto from Mexico City, and the televised production of the Cuban premiere of Victor Herbert's Cello Concerto No. 2 with the National Orchestra of Cuba. He is heard on NPR's "Performance Today," "Saint Paul Sunday," BBC's "In Tune," XM Radio's "Live from Studio II," Sirius Satellite Radio, and RTHK Radio Hong Kong.
Zuill Bailey performs on a 1693 Matteo Gofriller Cello, formerly owned by Mischa Schneider of the Budapest String Quartet. In addition to his extensive touring engagements, Bailey is the Artistic Director of El Paso Pro Musica and Professor of Cello at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Zuill Bailey is represented world-wide by Colbert Artists Management (www.colbertartists.com). For more information, please visit www.zuillbailey.com
[edit] Recent Reviews of Zuill Bailey
"Bailey is one of the premiere Cellists in the world."
Jose Quezada Macchiavello- El Comercio, Lima Peru
"His playing is characterized by a big, throaty sound with a luscious buzzing undercurrent and his upper register is sweet.He gave a heartfelt reading of the Dvorak, best remembered for moments of great tenderness."
David Hawley- TwinCities.com
"American Zuill Bailey gave a wise, sometimes rapturous account of the score, especially memorable in moments of tenderness and repose.He coaxed from his instrument a complex, multi-hued voice, particularly warm in its upper register."
Larry Fuchsberg- Minnesota Star Tribune
"Cellist Zuill Bailey displayed his technical skills in an effortless interpretation of Tchaikovsky's "Variations on a Rococo Theme." Written as an homage to Mozart, the piece sparkles with energy and wit, qualities that match Bailey's personality and technique."
Valeria Wenderoth- Honolulu Star Bulletin.
"Bailey played passionately, with Romantic abandon, using dramatic shadings-delicate, even fragile pianissimos, wild flights of virtuosity, aching melodies, fiery discourse. Musician and instrument were a good match,speaking clearly as one voice."
Ruth Bingham- The Honolulu Advertiser
"Bailey cultivated a breezy rapport with his audience, aided by amusing anecdotes. The sound he coaxed from his 1693 Goffriller cello was exceptionally creamy and seductive...His warm, understated vibrato was enticing in lyrical passages in the lower and middle realms."
Michael Cameron, Chicago Tribune
"For Edward Elgar's 'Concerto for Violincello and Orchestra in E Minor, Opus 85,' Bailey yielded an unfailing beauty playing his 1693 Matteo Goffriller cello.Bailey is a world-class artist who mesmerized the audience with his astonishing precision."
Alexander Choman, Wilkes-Barre (PA) Citizens' Voice
"It seemed that Bailey took longer than usual to prepare himself for the slow movement, pausing almost frozen for a few moments before allowing his bow to slide across the strings. This is solemn and somber music, not in a sorrowful or tragic sense but something more personal, more inner. It was stunning to me."
Ken Hoover, Classical Voice of North Carolina
"Bailey, playing on a rare Matteo Gofriller from 1693, brought out playfulness in more fiery sections that made the audience laugh and the soloist wink back in approval. How nice to be reminded of how much fun making music can be."
Ken Keuffel, Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
"The evening's highlight was Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104. Fairfax native Zuill Bailey turned in an intimate, lyrical performance on his 1693 Matteo Gofriller cello -- with his sister, Allison Bailey, as concertmaster. The violin-cello duets in the finale were highlights, as were the tender sections that Dvorak based on his song 'Leave Me Alone' -- in memory of his much-loved sister-in-law Josefina, whose favorite it was."
Mark J. Estren Washington (DC) Post
"Zuill Bailey was a superb advocate of Debussy's Cello Sonata; even the pizzicato notes of the Serenade movement were melodious. This American has both technical security and an improvisatory spirit."
Arthur Kaptainis The Gazette Montreal, CANADA
[edit] Discography
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| Russian Masterworks CD (Tchaikovsky/Shostakovich Concertos with San Francisco Ballet Orchestra (due January 2009) |
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| Saint Saens Cello Concertos with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra |
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| Beethoven: Zuill Bailey and Simone Dinnerstein |
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| Arensky & Dohnanyi: with Special Guest Lynn Harrell |
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| [http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=100730 Janos Starker Celebration - Schubert & Boccherini: |
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| Zuill Bailey (debut solo CD) |
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| Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Cello Concerto |
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