| Teacher | Melissa Phelps | |
| Country: United Kingdom |
City: London |
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| Cellist type: Teacher |
Performing fields: solo, chamber | |
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(ex)teacher(s): Paul Tortelier Johannes Goritzki |
student(s): Eric de Wit Kjetil Ree-Pedersen Stefan Moberg Alexander Chaushian Xiaojia Xu Doris Hochscheid Alesssandro Sanguineti Lawrence Durkin Thomas Carroll Kate Sawbridge Maria del Campo Maria Zachariadou |
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Melissa Phelps has demonstrated a wide range of musical interests throughout her career. Described by The Guardian as ‘one of the most talented cellists of her generation’, she has played throughout the world as soloist and recitalist, is in wide demand as a chamber music player, and is a highly respected teacher, having taught at several major European conservatories. Orchestras with whom Melissa Phelps has appeared as soloist include the London Sinfonietta, the Bournemouth and BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestras and the Academy of London. She has played at major festivals in Britain and Europe, including the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, Edinburgh, Bath and Cheltenham Festivals, Kuhmo Festival and the Maggio Musicale in Florence. She has also given highly acclaimed recitals in all the main London concert halls, as well as regular broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. Melissa Phelps’ professorship at the RCM follows three years of teaching at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam. She was also a professor from 1979 to 1996 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and for many years taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School, where several of her pupils won major prizes (notably Paul Watkins, Thomas Carroll and Alexander Chaushian). Her own teachers were Paul Tortelier and Joan Dickson; she studied with Joan at the RCM where she won the top cello prize. Other major musical influences have been Johannes Goritzki, William Pleeth, Sandor Vegh and the late Jacqueline du Pré, who was a close friend and in whose BBC Television masterclasses she played. Equally at home in both the classical and twentieth century repertoire, Melissa Phelps has premièred many important new works in the UK including pieces by Witold Lutoslawski, Roger Smalley and Mark Anthony Turnage. She is a member of the Camilli String Quartet who recorded Michael Nyman’s 4th Quartet for Decca and she has also recorded for ASV, Meridian and Teldec, winning a Best Chamber Music Record of the Year award. Melissa Phelps plays on a Francesco Gofriller cello made in Italy in 1723. Back
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This cellist was posted by Maria Zachariadou and last edited on 2 April 2007 at 9:57:20 PM.