INDIVIDUAL BIOGRAPHIES - BRANDON VAMOS
 Brandon Vamos, cello, has performed solo and chamber music recitals both in the U.S and abroad to critical acclaim. Praised by critics as a "first rate cellist" who plays with "gutsy bravura," Vamos has appeared as soloist with several orchestras worldwide including performances with the Taipei City Symphony, the Suwon Symphony in Seoul, the Samara Symphony in Russia, and the New Philharmonia Orchestra and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra in Chicago. Heralded as a champion of new music, he has recently been featured as soloist in Krysztof Meyer's Concerto Da Camera at University of Chicago's Mandel Hall. Vamos has collaborated with many distinguished artists including Paul Katz, Michael Tree, Rachel Barton, and the St. Lawrence Quartet and has recorded for Cedille and Cacophony Records. He was awarded Performer's Certificate at the Eastman School of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Music Degree as a student of Paul Katz. Vamos has also studied with distinguished artists such as Tanya Carey in Macomb, Illinois and Aldo Parisot at Yale University, where he earned a Master of Music Degree. He is currently on the faculty of University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana and the University of Chicago.
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