Tony Rymer, Cello
Performances by Tony Rymer
| Composer | Title | Date | Action |
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| Franz Schubert | Trio for Piano and Strings No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op.99, D.898 | 01/15/2013 |
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| Francis Poulenc | Sonata for Cello and Piano | 08/30/2011 |
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| György Kurtág | String Quartet Op. 28 Officium Breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky | 09/22/2012 |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in D major, Op. 18, No. 3 | 11/20/2012 |
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Tony Rymer, Cello
Biography
Cellist Tony Rymer, at only age 21, has performed major concerti to critical acclaim with the Atlanta Symphony, Boston Pops, Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, and Pittsburgh Symphony, among others. He was the First Prize Winner of the 2009 Sphinx Competition Senior Division and took 3rd place in the 2009 Stulberg International String Competition.
A native of Boston, Tony began playing cello at age five, attended the Walnut Hill Arts School, was a Project STEP scholarship student from 1996-2007, and was awarded the prestigious Kravitz scholarship in 2007. One of the first recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Award on the NPR national radio show From the Top, he has also been heard as soloist on WGBH Boston, WCLV Cleveland, and NPR's Performance Today. An avid chamber musician, Tony has collaborated in concert with artists such as violinists Ani Kavafian, Miriam Fried, Itzhak Perlman, oboist Peggy Pearson, violist Barbara Westphal, and cellist Paul Katz.
Tony has played privately for Yo-Yo Ma and performed in master classes for Anner Bylsma, Jaime Laredo, and Pieter Wispelwey. He attends the New England Conservatory in Boston where he studies with Paul Katz and holds the Laurence Lesser Presidential Scholarship.