Zuill Bailey

Widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent cellists of his generation, Zuill Bailey engages audiences with compelling artistry and technical finesse.

Bailey has appeared with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, San Francisco, Minnesota, Indianapolis, Nashville, Dallas, Milwaukeeand Toronto, andprominent orchestras around the world. He has performed at the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall, where he made his debut with the U.S. premiere of Miklos Theodorakis' Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra. 

This season Bailey performs the Dvorak Concerto with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, and the Elgar Concerto in Indianapolis under the baton of Krzysztof Urbanski. He also plays Elgar with the Napa Valley, Youngstown and El Paso Symphonies, where he adds the Haydn C Major Concerto to the program. Other orchestral engagements include dates with the El Paso, Fairbanks, Knoxville, Shreveport, Pensacola, York and Fort Collins Symphonies, and a return to the National Philharmonic at Strathmore for performances of the solo Bach Suites and the Haydn C Major. 

The 2010/2011 season saw the release of a new album for Telarc International: Brahms Works for Cello and Piano.  The disc, recorded with pianist Awadagin Pratt, follows up the previous season’s critically acclaimed Complete Bach Cello Suites, which topped the Classical Billboard charts. 

Other recordings include Russian Masterpieces on Telarc International; a debut recital disc for Delos; Cello Quintets of Boccherini and Schubert with Janos Starker; Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concertos No. 1 and 2 "Live"; and the Korngold Cello Concerto with Kaspar Richter and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz for ASV. 

Network television appearances include a recurring role on the HBO series “Oz,” a live broadcast of the Beethoven Triple Concerto from Mexico City, and the televised production of the Cuban premiere of Victor Herbert's Cello Concerto No. 2. He has been heard on “Morning Edition,” "Saint Paul Sunday," BBC's "In Tune," XM Radio's "Live from Studio II," and NPR's "Performance Today.” 

Zuill Bailey performs on a 1693 Matteo Goffriller cello, formerly owned by Mischa Schneider of the Budapest String Quartet. He is the Artistic Director of El Paso Pro Musica, Artistic Director designate of the Sitka Summer Music Festival and Series, (Alaska) and Professor of Cello at the University of Texas at El Paso.