Musicians

Cellist Ezra Seltzer is currently a student of Phoebe Carrai at the Juilliard Historical Performance Program.

He has an avid interest in both contemporary and early music, having performed numerous times at Yale University's New Music New Haven series as well as having performed as a member of the Yale Collegium Musicum. As a chamber musician, he has performed at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival and the Banff, Norfolk, and Aspen Music Festivals. As a member of the Grammy Award nominated Yale Cellos, he has toured throughout the world, appearing at the Manchester Cello Festival in England, the Beauvais Cello Festival in France, and numerous concerts in South Korea.

Mr. Seltzer recently toured China with the Yale Schola Cantorum led by Simon Carrington, performing Bach's B Minor Mass. He has also performed this season in ensembles led by Masaaki Suzuki and Jane Glover. Outside of early music, he has appeared on several albums and toured with the Brooklyn-based band Dirty Projectors.

Mr. Seltzer attended Yale University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in history and Master of Music in cello performance, studying with Aldo Parisot and Ole Akahoshi. At Yale, he was also a post-graduate fellow in early music as a student of Robert Mealy and a member of the Yale Baroque Ensemble.