Yves Dharamraj, Cello

Biography

Yves Dharamraj, as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and teaching artist, enjoys a multi-faceted career that takes him to the major stages of the United States and abroad, including appearances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center; the Kennedy Center; Orchestra Hall; Ravinia Festival; Disney Hall (LA); Berliner Festspiele; Téatro Nacional (Dominican Republic); and the Thailand National Cultural Center (Bangkok).

A top prize winner in the Ima Hogg, Irving M. Klein, Florida Orchestra, Juilliard, and ASTA competitions, Mr. Dharamraj has appeared with the orchestras of Houston, Green Bay, Edmonton, Florida, and Juilliard, with which he performed William Schuman’s A Song of Orpheus at Avery Fisher Hall as part of the Juilliard School’s Centennial Celebration.  He explores the rich chamber music repertoire as a founding member of the Moët Trio and has collaborated with Sir Simon Rattle, Itzhak Perlman, Miriam Fried, Christian Tetzlaff, Cho-Liang Lin, Gilbert Kalish, Ralph Kirshbaum, Mischa Dichter, and members of the Emerson, Cleveland, Guarneri, and Orion Quartets. 

As an artist also dedicated to the performance of contemporary music, Mr. Dharamraj indulges in the avant-garde as the cellist of Ne(x)tworks.  He followed his passion for outreach as a fellow of the Academy, a musical initiative between Carnegie Hall, Juilliard, the Weill Music Institute, and the New York City Department of Education. 

Mr. Dharamraj graduated cum laude from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in History (Medieval Mediterranean Studies), a Master of Music, and an Artist Diploma.  He further studied in Joel Krosnick and Darrett Adkins’s studio at the Juilliard School where he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree.  He taught cello at Juilliard as assistant to Mr. Krosnick from 2006 to 2009.  He plays an 1842 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume cello.