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Zuill Bailey | |
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| Born | (1972-04-24)April 24, 1972 (age 52) |
| Origin | Woodbridge, Virginia, U.S. |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation | Cellist |
| Instrument | Cello |
| Years active | 1996 - present |
| Labels | Telarc, ASV, Delos, Zenph Studios |
| Website | zuillbailey |
James Zuill Bailey, better known asZuill Bailey (born April 24, 1972) is an AmericanGrammy Award-winningcello soloist,chamber musician, andartistic director. A graduate of thePeabody Institute of theJohns Hopkins University and theJuilliard School, he has appeared in recital and with major orchestras internationally. He is a professor of cello and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at theUniversity of Texas at El Paso. Bailey’s extensive recording catalogue are released on TELARC, Avie, Steinway and Sons, Octave, Delos, Albany, Sono Luminus, Naxos, Azica, Concord, EuroArts, ASV, Oxingale and Zenph Studios.
As a concerto soloist, Bailey has performed with over 200 Symphony orchestras worldwide. Thesesymphony orchestras include theChicago,Dallas,Los Angeles,San Francisco, Philharmonia UK, Buenos Aires Philharmonic,Buffalo,Nashville Symphony, Borusan Orchestra - Turkey,Ft. Worth, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Colombia, Colorado Symphony,Louisville,Athens State Orchestra Greece,Milwaukee, Estonian National Symphony,Minnesota,North Carolina,Toronto, andUtah.[1]He has collaborated with conductorsAlan Gilbert,Neemi Jarvi,Andrew Litton,Grant Llewellyn,Itzhak Perlman,James De Preist,Giancarlo Guerrero,Christoph Eschenbach andStanisław Skrowaczewski, and has performed with the pianists Awadagin Pratt, Marc-Andre Hamelin,Leon Fleisher, theJuilliard String Quartet, the violinistJaime Laredo, and cellistsLynn Harrell andJanos Starker.
In his sold-out New York recital debut, Bailey performed the completeBeethovensonatas with pianistSimone Dinnerstein at theMetropolitan Museum of Art.He has appeared at the Teatro Colon- Argentina,Walt Disney Concert Hall,[2]Kennedy Center,[3]Alice Tully Hall, JAZZ at Lincoln Center,the92nd Street Y, andCarnegie Hall, where he made his debut performing the U.S. premiere ofMikis Theodorakis' Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra.
His international appearances include notable performances with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in its 50th-anniversary tour of Russia as well as concerts in Australia, the Dominican Republic, France, Greece, Estonia, Spain, South Africa, Hong Kong, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, South America and the United Kingdom. Festival appearances include Ravinia, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Manchester Cello Festival (UK), Wimbledon (UK), Consonances-St. Nazareth FRANCE, Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Deia Music Festival- Mallorca (Spain), Montreal- Canada, Santa Fe, Caramoor, Chautauqua, Bravo! Vail Valley, Maverick Concert Series and theMusic Academy of the West. In addition he was the featured soloist performing the Elgar Cello Concerto at the Bard Festival in the World Premiere of the Doug Varrone Dance Company performance of Victorious.
An internationally renowned recording artist with over thirty titles, Mr. Bailey’s extensive celebrated discography includes recordings of the Bach Cello Suites and the Britten Cello Symphony/Sonata with pianistNatasha Paremski. Both of which immediately soared to the Number One spot on the Classical Billboard Charts. Other celebrated releases include the compete works for cello and piano of Brahms, Beethoven and Barber in addition to concertos of Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Dvorak, Elgar, Haydn, Schumann, Korngold, Saint Saens, Walton, Strauss Don Quixote, Bloch Schelomo, Brahms Double, Beethoven Triple and the world premiere recordings of the Muhly, Zwillich and Daugherty works for cello and orchestra.
Kalmus Music Masters have published "Zuill Bailey Performance Editions" which will encompass the core repertoire of cello literature.
Network television appearances include a recurring role on theHBO series,Oz, in addition to features onNBC,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'sPerformance Today and Tiny Desk Concert series,Saint Paul Sunday,[4] BBC'sIn Tune, XM Radio'sLive from Studio II, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, TEDx, and RTHK Radio Hong Kong.
Zuill Bailey performs on the 1693 “rosette” Matteo Gofriller Cello, formerly owned byMischa Schneider of theBudapest String Quartet. In addition to extensive touring engagements, Bailey is the Artistic Director ofEl Paso Pro Musica, Northwest BachFest in Spokane WA, the Sitka Music Festival, Juneau Jazz & Classics, the Mesa Arts Center and Professor of Cello and Director of the Center for Arts Entrepreneurship at theUniversity of Texas at El Paso.[5][6][7]
In 2014, Johns Hopkins honored Zuill Bailey as their distinguished alumni and in 2016, Bailey was nominated for and won aGrammy award in the category ofBest Classical Instrumental Solo for his recording of American composerMichael Daugherty's cello concertoTales of Hemingway, recorded by theNashville Symphony; the composition also garnered Grammys in the categories ofBest Contemporary Classical Composition andBest Classical Compendium.[8]
