Rachel Calin
bass

Rachel Calin began playing the bass at the early age of nine, and has since been called "a bassist that deserves a place in the sun," and "a lyrical soloist in command of her instrument" by the New York Times. In 1994 she won the Juilliard Concerto Competition, making her concerto debut in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center with the Juilliard Orchestra, and subsequently has made solo appearances with Sejong, the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, and has given numerous recitals throughout North America.

As a chamber musician, Miss Calin has collaborated with Myung-Wha Chung, Ron Leonard, and Itzhak Perlman, among others. She has appeared in concert throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and can be heard on NPR's Performance Today, both in live and recorded broadcasts. Miss Calin has performed frequently with the New York Philharmonic, at Live from Lincoln Center, the Aspen Music Festival, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and has recorded numerous movie and commercial soundtracks. She has given the world premieres of works by composers such as Lera Auerbach and Mark O'Connor, and has performed with many new music ensembles including the New Juilliard Ensemble, Sequitur, the Composers Concordance, and Mosaic.

Miss Calin received both a BM and MM from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Homer Mensch and Eugene Levinson. Currently on the faculty of the Perlman Music Program, and plays a 1767 Matteo Minnozzi double bass.

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