Hailed by John Williams as “an outstanding cellist and truly dedicated artist,” Emmanuel Feldman is an award-winning cellist, composer and inventor performing in the U.S. and internationally. Described by Gramophone as “an artist who combines communicative urgency with tonal splendor,” Feldman’s recording Our American Roots (Delos) features the cello sonata of Pulitzer Prize winning composer George Walker and his own transcriptions of George Gershwin pieces for cello and piano.

Revolutionizing modern cello playing, Feldman performs standing up using his patented TekStand™ pioneering a sensational new experience for listeners visually and sonically that engages fellow musicians and audiences alike. Feldman’s own cello concerto “Standing Tall” that debuted with the invention of the TekStand™ won a Global Music Award in 2022. For concerts sitting traditionally, he uses his other invention, the TekPin™ vertical endpin used by cellists all around the world. He has partnered with artists/groups including Bobby McFerrin, Lark and Verona String Quartets, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Celebrity Series of Boston, co-founded Duo Cello e Basso and recorded several critically acclaimed CDs with pianist Joy Cline Phinney.  

Awarded recording grants from the Argosy and Thomson Foundations, his cello concerto CD (Thomson and Fussell) on Albany Records earned a Grammy nomination for producer Blanton Alspaugh and was described as “exhilarating in this bracing and confident performance” (N.Y. Times). He teaches at Tufts University and through his innovative “Cello Mastery” program for gifted cellists. He has given masterclasses at the University of Taipei, Indiana University, the Peabody and Heifetz Institutes and is a faculty member of the Sarasota, Trentino and GSIM Music Festivals. For more information, please visit www.emmanuelfeldman.com.