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Eugene Friesen (born 1952) is an American cellist and composer.
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Eugene Friesen (born 1952) is an American cellist and composer.
Friesen was born in 1952 to Russian Mennonite parents. [1] He is a graduate of the Yale School of Music. [2]
Friesen has been a member of the Paul Winter Consort since 1978, and performs with Howard Levy and Glen Velez as Trio Globo. [3] He received a Grammy Award as a member of the Paul Winter Consort for the 1994 album Spanish Angel [4] and again in 2006 for the Consort's Silver Solstice in 2007 for Crestone, and in 2011 for Miho: Journey to the Mountain. Friesen has won four Grammy Awards to date.
In 2012, Friesen's book, Improvisation for Classical Musicians was published by Berklee Press/Hal Leonard.
He teaches at the Berklee College of Music [2] in Boston, Massachusetts and lives in Vermont. Among his prominent students are Rushad Eggleston, Mads Tolling, Lindsay Mac, and Nathan Leath. Friesen also runs a nonprofit production company, Sonoterra Productions, producing concerts, recordings and workshops.
With Scott Cossu
With Aine Minogue
With Paul Winter
With others
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