American cellist Darrett Adkins is the dedicate of new concertos by Steven Hartke, Philip Cashian, Jeffrey Mumford and Su Lian Tan. He has given American or world premieres of concertos by Olivier Messiaen, Rolf Wallin, Franco Donatoni, Arne Nordheim, and Andrew Mead. He has performed standard concertos with the Tokyo Philharmonic, Seoul’s Suwon and Prime orchestras, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center, Oberlin Orchestra the National Symphony of Brazil, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the New Hampshire and North Carolina symphonies, and many others.
He joined the Lions Gate Trio 2011, who have just released their newest CD Illuminees, featuring trios by Fauré, Saariahi Ionatta, Hōller, and Bertrand. Also released this year is “The Other Pictures” featuring music of Su Lian Tan with the composer playing flute and the pianist Roberto Plano. He has recorded with the Juilliard String Quartet for SONY and also for Naxos, RCA, Hortus, Triton, Oberlin Music, Mode, Tzadic and others.
He is a former member of the Zephyr Trio and the Flux quartet, with whom he premiered and recorded Morton Feldman’s Quartet 2, lasting over 6 continuous hours. A passionate and committed teacher of cello and chamber music, he joined the faculty of the Juilliard School in 2002, and the Oberlin Conservatory (where he serves as Division Director) and the Aspen Music Festival faculty in 2003.
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