Melissa Meell, CelloMelissa Meell, CelloMelissa Meell, cellist, performs throughout the world as both a soloist and chamber musician. The New York Times has called her "a cellist with a fine singing quality and poetic sensibility that proves memorable." She has the rare distinction of twice winning the prestigious Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award. In 1977, she received the prize as a founding member of the Primavera Quartet and in 1986 with the Mannes Trio. As a result, Ms. Meell has played in every major concert hall in the world and commissioned, premiered and recorded many chamber works. Ms. Meell has been a member of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra for 8 years, appearing as a member and a soloist, recording frequently with Deutsche Grammophon and Nonesuch Records. She has collaborated with the country's finest ensembles including Musicians from Marlboro and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In the New York area Ms. Meell performs regularly with The New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble with whom she has recordings including the Chamber music of Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms.
