Kate Dillingham

Kate Dillingham is an American Classical cellist from New York City.^[1] She performs as both a soloist and as a chamber musician and is a member of the Random Access Music Players.^[2] A former student of Bernard Greenhouse, she is also the Artistic Director of the Wellfleet CelloFest, held in honor of the centenary of his birth.^[3] Dillingham also studied with Maria Tchaikovskaya at the Moscow Conservatory.^[4]

She made her debut with orchestra in Russia in 1998 with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra "The Seasons" and in Saint Petersburg with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic "Hermitage".^[5] Dillingham also released her first album that same year. In 2002 she made her New York debut recital at Merkin Concert Hall premiering a commissioned work by Augusta Read Thomas ("Chant") and premiering a solo work by Jennifer Higdon.^[6] Her recordings were licensed for use in the films La rafle and Les Berlinoises.

Discography

• Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1027-1029 J.S. Bach with Jory Vinikour, harpsichord (2016)
• Crossings: New Music for Cello - Premieres and Commissions (2015)
• Lutoslawski, Herbert, Dvorak, Higdon with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra (2004)
• Debussy, Honegger and Faure with Blair McMillen, piano (2002)
• Haydn Cello Concertos with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra "The Seasons" (2001)

Publications

Three Sonatas for Violoncello and Keyboard, BWV 1027-1029 by J.S. Bach edited by Bernard Greenhouse and Kate Dillingham, published by G. Schirmer Inc.^[7]

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