Michael Graham, cello

Michael Graham has been hailed by the San Francisco Classical Voice for his “almost painfully pretty…expressive richness” and by the San Jose Mercury News as “super-good.” He studied at the Eastman School of Music and Yale University, where he was a founding member of that institution’s secret chamber music society, Skull and Bows. Teachers include members of the Juilliard, Amadeus, Emerson, Tokyo, and Cleveland String Quartets. Michael is a former member of the Chagall String Quartet, winner of a rural residency grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the San Francisco-based new music group Adorno Ensemble. He is currently a member of the Oakland Symphony, and appears regularly with the Grammy-nominated New Century Chamber Orchestra and other ensembles throughout the Bay Area.

Mr. Graham is committed to exploring music within and beyond the classical genre, and has performed and recorded with artists ranging from Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg to John Densmore of the Doors. He can be heard on New Century’s recently released albums Live and a, and on Van Morrison’s latest recording, Astral Weeks Live from Hollywood Bowl.