Chamber Music Master Class with Paul Watkins, Emerson String Quartet

The public is invited to attend this free class.

Paul Watkins enjoys a distinguished career as cellist and conductor. He was appointed principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1990 at the age of 20. He now performs regularly with all the major British orchestras and many overseas orchestras including the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Konzerthausorchester Berlin and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra of Turin. A member of the Nash Ensemble from 1997 to 2013, Mr. Watkins joined the Emerson String Quartet in May 2013. He is a regular participant at festivals and chamber music series, including New York's Lincoln Center and Music@Menlo, and regularly performs with the world's finest musicians, including Menahem Pressler, Jaime Laredo, Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff and Vadim Repin. In 2014, Paul Watkins was appointed the Artistic Director of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival. Highlights of recent seasons include solo recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and Queens Hall, Edinburgh, and his debut at Carnegie Hall performing Brahms's Double Concerto with Daniel Hope.

This master class is presented in association with Duke Performances.