| Zuill Bailey | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupations | Cellist |
| Instruments | Cello |
| Years active | 1996 - present |
| Labels | Telarc |
| Website | Official website |
Zuill Bailey (born 1972), Alexandria, Virginia, is an American cellist. A Juilliard graduate, he has appeared with a number of major orchestras internationally, and has an exclusive international recording contract with the Telarc label. He is a professor of cello at the University of Texas at El Paso.
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As a concerto soloist, Bailey has performed with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Louisville, Milwaukee, Minnesota, San Francisco, Toronto and Utah, among others.[1] He has collaborated with such conductors as Itzhak Perlman, Alan Gilbert, Andrew Litton, Grant Llewellyn, James De Priest and Stanisław Skrowaczewski, and has performed with the pianist Leon Fleisher, the Juilliard String Quartet, the violinist Jaime Laredo, and the cellists Lynn Harrell, Janos Starker and David Martín.
In his sold-out New York recital debut, Bailey performed the complete Beethoven sonatas with pianist Simone Dinnerstein at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In addition to other major venues, he has appeared at the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, the 92nd Street Y, and Carnegie Hall, where he made his debut performing the U.S. premiere of Mikis Theodorakis' Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra.
Zuill Bailey is a member of the Perlman/Quint/Bailey Trio, along with pianist Navah Perlman and violinist Philippe Quint. He performs regularly with long-time duo partner pianists Awadagin Pratt, Orion Weiss, and Simone Dinnerstein.
His 2009 Telarc recording with Dinnerstein of Beethoven's complete works 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-Saëns' Cello Concertos No. 1 and 2 "Live", and the Korngold Cello Concerto with Kaspar Richter and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz for ASV; Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and Shostakovich's Cello Concerto no. 1, both for Telarc. He has recorded the complete solo cello suites of J. S. Bach for January, 2010 release by Telarc.[2]
Network television appearances include a recurring role on the HBO series, Oz, in addition to features on NBC, A&E, NHK 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 has been heard on NPR's Performance Today, Saint Paul Sunday,[3] 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.[4][5]
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