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The long-awaited book, the cello companion to Paul Rolland’s masterwork, by Ida and co-author Joanne Erwin, is finally out!
Renowned Finnish conductor Klaus Makela (who is also a cellist!) visits The Cleveland Orchestra and gives CCS members a masterclass!
Working with the Cleveland Cello Collective
Observing cello lessons by master teachers is one of my favorite ways to spend a day and I hit the jackpot today! What a privilege to watch Hannah Roberts in action at the Royal Northern College Music in Manchester, U. K. (October 24, 2024).
With the cello section of the Britt Festival Orchestra, Jacksonville, Oregon
At the International Cello Institute
Ida teaching string teachers at Chichester University (in the UK) in 2022
Teaching a very young cellist at The Music Settlement
Playing “inside” The Archive, an immersive art installation by world-renowned artist Rebecca Louise Law, at the Cleveland Public Library.
My students performing for residents at Judson Park
Teaching at The Music Settlement
Presenting Colombian cellist and painter (one of his works is behind him) Santiago Cañón Valencia at the LatinUs Theater in Cleveland.
With my CWRU student Jojo Fujiwara, at the concerto debut!
Teaching at The Music Settlement
Playing in the Almeda Trio
With my students in our former house in Shaker Heights
Pretty special lunch meeting with Senja Rummukainen in Helsinki on a beautiful, sunny Saturday, August 31, 2024, at a restaurant overlooking the Baltic Sea. I’m excited to meet up with Senja again in Cleveland in October when she’s in town to play Esa Pekka Salonen’s Cello Concerto with TCO.