''For the American slave, nanny, cook, and model, see
Nancy Green
Nancy Green (March 4, 1834 – August 30, 1923) was an American former enslaved woman, nanny, cook, activist, and the first of many African-American models and performers hired to promote a corporate trademark as "Aunt Jemima". The famous Aunt J ...
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Nancy Green (born May 25, 1952) is an American cellist.
Biography
Green was born in Boston in 1952
and started playing the cello at age eight.
She studied at the
Juilliard School with
Leonard Rose
Leonard Joseph Rose (July 27, 1918 – November 16, 1984) was an American cellist and pedagogue.
Biography
Rose was born in Washington, D.C.; his parents were Jewish immigrants, his father from Bragin, Belarus, and his mother from Kyiv, ...
and
Lynn Harrell,
and performed in the masterclasses of
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, (27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Russian cellist and conductor. He is considered by many to be the greatest cellist of the 20th century. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was wel ...
.
After receiving a Rockefeller grant to study in London, England with
Jacqueline du Pré,
she continued her studies at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, Germany with Johannes Goritzki.
Green was the first cellist to record the complete Hungarian Dances of Brahms arranged by Alfredo Piatti, Franz Schmidt’s Three Fantasy Pieces (after Hungarian National Melodies), and the complete works of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, all on Biddulph Recordings (London, UK) and later re-issued on JRI Recordings (USA). Other premieres include Donald Francis Tovey's sonata for solo cello (JRI), the complete works for cello and piano of Robert Fuchs (Biddulph), complete Arensky works for cello
(JRI) and works of Venezuelan composer Paul Desenne (Cello Classics) as well as Mendelssohn-Merk Variations in A major, newly completed by R. Larry Todd and published by Bärenreiter (JRI).
With her longstanding duo partner, Frederick Moyer, (also her cousin), Green recorded numerous CDs on the JRI label. She also performed regularly as a duo with Brazilian pianist Diana Kacso.
Nancy Green lived in England, Holland, and Germany from 1978 to 1995. She taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Chetham's School of Music in Manchester (UK), and upon returning to the U.S. taught at the University of Arizona (Tucson) until 2006. In 2015 she stepped away from the concert stage in favor of recording.
She presently resides in the U.S.
The minor planet 11067, discovered in 1992, is named ''Greenancy'' in honor of Green.
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References
External links
*, July 9, 2021
Fanfare (2013)on Nancy Green – Cellist & Recording Artist
nancygreencello.comLondon Cello Society (2015)on Nancy Green – Cellist & Recording Artist
nancygreencello.comLondon Cello Society (2018)on Nancy Green – Cellist & Recording Artist
nancygreencello.comThe Strad (1989)on Nancy Green – Cellist & Recording Artist
nancygreencello.comThe Strad (2021)on Nancy Green – Cellist & Recording Artist
nancygreencello.comEpoch Times (2010)on Nancy Green – Cellist & Recording Artist
nancygreencello.comThe Violin Channel (2020)on Nancy Green – Cellist & Recording Artist
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Living people
American cellists
University of Arizona faculty
Juilliard School alumni
1952 births