Ralph Henry Kirshbaum was born on March 4,1946 and is an American cellist.
14 Facts About Ralph Kirshbaum
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Ralph Kirshbaum's award-winning career combines the worlds of solo performance, chamber music, recording and pedagogy.
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Ralph Kirshbaum's father, Joseph Kirshbaum, was a professional violinist, composer, conductor, music educator, and an alumnus of Yale University, where he had taught.
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From 1944 to 1947, Joseph Ralph Kirshbaum was on the faculty of University of North Texas College of Music, where he conducted its symphony orchestra.
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Ralph Kirshbaum's mother, Gertrude Morris Kirshbaum, was a harpist and taught at Texas Woman's University.
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Ralph Kirshbaum started cello lessons with his father at the age of six.
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Ralph Kirshbaum won numerous awards as a student and appeared as a soloist with the Dallas Symphony at the age of fifteen.
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Ralph Kirshbaum continued his education at the Yale University's School of Music, where he studied with Aldo Parisot.
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Ralph Kirshbaum attracted international attention when he won prizes in the 1969 International Gaspar Cassado Competition in Florence, and subsequently in the 1970 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
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Ralph Kirshbaum made his London debut recital at Wigmore Hall in 1970, his professional orchestral debut with the New Philharmonia Orchestra in 1972, and his New York debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1976.
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Ralph Kirshbaum has performed with distinguished conductors such as Christoph von Dohnanyi, Sir Colin Davis, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir Andre Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, and Sir Georg Solti.
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Ralph Kirshbaum founded the RNCM Manchester International Cello Festival in 1988 and was its Artistic Director through to its grand finale in 2007.
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Ralph Kirshbaum is the fourth person to hold the Piatigorsky Chair.
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Ralph Kirshbaum's cello was crafted in 1729 by the Venetian maker Domenico Montagnana.