约书亚罗马

约书亚罗马 is a cello soloist and composer whose commitment to bringing classical music to new audiences has resulted in genre-bending programs and wide-ranging collaborations.

Committed to bringing Classical music to new audiences, Roman opened the 2017 TED Conference, and his performance of the complete Bach Solo 大提琴 Suites after the 2016 U.S. presidential election was the most-viewed event in the history of TED’s social channels at the time, with nearly one million live viewers. Roman has collaborated with award-winning artists across genres and disciplines, including Edgar Meyer, DJ幽灵, 比尔T. Jones, vocalist Somi, and actor and playwright Anna Deavere Smith. His solo performance with the YouTube Symphony at Carnegie Hall was viewed by 33 million people across nearly 200 countries, with Yo-Yo Ma introducing him as “one of the great exemplars of the ideal 21st-century musician.”

作为独奏家, Roman has performed with leading orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, New World Symphony, 多伦多交响乐团, BBC苏格兰, and Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra. And he was principal cellist at Seattle Symphony from age 22 to 24.

作为一名作曲家, Roman has been commissioned by 音乐 Academy of the West, Illinois Philharmonic, Pro音乐a Chamber Orchestra, 格雷斯大教堂, 和更多的, and he has written for the JACK Quartet, violinist Vadim Gluzman, and conductor David Danzmayr. Equally accomplished as an interpreter of the music of other contemporary composers, Roman has premiered works by Mason Bates, 丽娜提出, 蒂莫·安德烈斯, Gabriela Lena Frank, 亚伦·杰伊·克尼斯, 丽莎Bielawa, 和其他人.

A native of Oklahoma City, Roman studied at the Cleveland Institute of 音乐 with Richard Aaron and Desmond Hoebig, and is grateful for the loan of an 1899 cello by Giulio Degani of Venice.