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Guest Artist Bio

Amanda Forsyth

Acclaimed as both soloist and chamber musician, cellist Amanda Forsyth has earned praise from audiences and critics alike in appearances with orchestras throughout the world, including the Chicago, Montreal and Toronto symphonies, the Israel Philharmonic and London's Royal Philharmonic, among others. She makes her Oregon Symphony debut at these concerts.

During the 2008/09 season Forsyth performed with the Colorado and Grand Rapids symphonies and toured with the Dallas Symphony. Overseas, she performed with the Israel Philharmonic, Orchestre Radio de France, London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and others. In 2009/10, she has return engagements with the Royal Philharmonic and will appear with the English Chamber Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Symphony and others.

Forsyth is principal cellist for the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, where she also appears frequently as a soloist and is a founding member of the Zukerman ChamberPlayers. With the Zukerman ChamberPlayers she visited Germany, Israel, Italy, Finland, Holland, New Zealand, Turkey and the United Kingdom, performed for the Petra Conference for Nobel Laureates in Jordan and embarked on a second South American tour.  In addition, the ensemble continues its series at the 92nd Street Y in New York.

Born in South Africa, Forsyth moved to Canada as a child and began playing cello at age 3. She became a protégé of William Pleeth in London, and later studied with Harvey Shapiro at the Juilliard School. After two seasons with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra she became the youngest principal ever selected by the Calgary Philharmonic, a post she occupied for six years. 

Forsyth’s recordings appear on the Sony Classics, Naxos, Altara, Fanfare, Marquis, Pro Arte and CBC labels. In 2002, she was the subject of the Bravo! Canada television documentary Amanda Rising: The Amanda Forsyth Story. The program followed Forsyth's life from her early years as a young South African immigrant to her later success on the international music scene. Forsyth was also featured prominently on Wynton Marsalis' soundtrack for Ken Burns' The War, a widely acclaimed World War II documentary filmed for PBS. 

 

 

 

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