Ariana Falk, Cello

Ariana Falk received her M.M. and Artist Diploma degrees from the Yale School of Music, where she was recipient of the Aldo Parisot Prize. She received her B.A. in English from Yale College. She was also a 2006-7 Fulbright Scholar to Germany, where she studied with Michael Flaksman and performed with the Heidelberger Symphoniker. She is currently pursuing a D.M.A. at Boston University under the tutelage of Michael Reynolds.

Ms. Falk has appeared as soloist twice before with the Columbia Symphony, including the West Coast premiere of the E.J. Moeran Cello Concerto, and has recently appeared as soloist with orchestras including the Olympia Symphony, Miami University Symphony, Yale Bach Society Orchestra, and Banff Festival Orchestra. As cellist of the California String Quartet, she performed at the Juilliard, Great Lakes, and Deer Valley music festivals and collaborated with cellist Paul Katz. As a member of the Yale Cellos, she performed in England, France, Korea, and Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, and can be heard on the Naxos label on the newly-released Cello, Celli, including original works written for the ensemble by Dave Brubeck.

She has also performed both contemporary and traditional works at summer festivals including the Carl Flesch Academy, Norfolk Music Festival, Garth Newel Music Center, Nice (France) Academy of Music, and Banff Centre for the Arts. Ariana has performed in master classes for Ralph Kirschbaum, Paul Katz, and the Juilliard, Guarneri, Muir and Tokyo String Quartets. Ariana is a native of Portland, where she played in the Portland Youth Philharmonic and studied with Hamilton Cheifetz.