Andrew Shulman

Additionally, he has a studio at USC and is solo cellist for countless movie and TV scores. He was the first British winner of the Piatigorsky Competition and was made an Honorary RCM by HRH The Queen Mother. Former principal cellist of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Philharmonia Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Shulman has also given solo and chamber performances at the Royal Palace, Stockholm, Wigmore Hall, Buckingham Palace, Royal Festival Hall, Philharmonie Berlin, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Chatelet Paris, Vienna Musikverein, Hollywood Bowl and Disney Hall. He was a cellist in the Britten Quartet, an EMI exclusive artist and has recorded over 35 CDs. He has performed concertos with the Philharmonia, ASMF, CBSO, BBC Scottish, Utah and Singapore Symphonies, and Los Angeles and Royal Liverpool Philharmonics. Recitals include Wigmore Hall, the Royal Palace, Stockholm and Buckingham Palace, London, and he has performed Strauss’s Don Quixote with Rattle in London and Salonen at the Hollywood Bowl. He is a regular guest at the Aspen, Aldeburgh, Bath, Edinburgh, Mainly Mozart and La Jolla festivals, collaborating with Kahane, Hadelich, Steinhardt, Harrell and Thibaudet. LA Times declares that his playing is “always eloquent and passionate,” The Times praises him for “fastidious poetry of phrase and technique,” and the Salt Lake Tribune writes, “[Shulman] gave a fabulously nuanced and impassioned performance.” As conductor, Andrew has performed in the UK, Europe and Scandinavia. LA Opening Nights described his US conducting debut as “a stunning performance” with the LA Chamber Orchestra. He has also conducted successful productions of Mozart’s Figaro and Cosi at the Theater Royal. He is currently Principal Guest Conductor of the CCSO. Solo and chamber recordings span over 35 CDs, including the Britten Quartet’s complete discography on EMI and Collins Classics, concertos by Vivaldi for Virgin, concertos by Broughton, Stone, Newman and Zigman (which were also world premieres) and Janacek for EMI, where he was an exclusive artist. Andrew studied with Joan Dickson, William Pleeth and Jackie du Pré. In recent seasons he has appeared all over the USA with Los Angeles Piano Trio.l Festival Hall, Philharmonie Berlin, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Chatelet Paris, Vienna Musikverein, Hollywood Bowl and Disney Hall. He was cellist in the Britten Quartet, an EMI exclusive artist and has recorded over 35 CDs.

He has performed concertos with the Philharmonia, ASMF, CBSO, BBC Scottish, Utah and Singapore Symphonies, and Los Angeles and Royal Liverpool Philharmonics. Recitals include Wigmore Hall, the Royal Palace, Stockholm and Buckingham Palace, London, and he has performed Strauss’s Don Quixote with Rattle in London and Salonen at the Hollywood Bowl. He is a regular guest at the Aspen, Aldeburgh, Bath, Edinburgh, Mainly Mozart and La Jolla festivals, collaborating with Kahane, Hadelich, Steinhardt, Harrell and Thibaudet.

LA Times declares that his playing is “always eloquent and passionate,” The Times praises him for “fastidious poetry of phrase and technique,” and the Salt Lake Tribune writes, “[Shulman] gave a fabulously nuanced and impassioned performance.”

As conductor, Andrew has performed in the UK, Europe and Scandinavia. LA Opening Nights described his US conducting debut as “a stunning performance” with the LA Chamber Orchestra. He has also conducted successful productions of Mozart’s Figaro and Cosi at the Theater Royal.

Solo and chamber recordings span 35 CDs, including the Britten Quartet’s complete discography, Vivaldi concertos for Virgin and Janacek for EMI, where he was an exclusive artist. *He has also commissioned and recorded several cello concertos from composers including Broughton, Newman, Zigman, Stone and Newton Howard, which are available on most streaming platforms. Videos of his late Beethoven cello sonatas with Bidini are available on YouTube.*

Andrew studied with Dickson, Pleeth and du Pré. He was principal of the Philharmonia, the ASMF and the LA Phil, and is one of the most sought-after cellists in TV and movies, with thousands of credits. Last season he premiered a concerto by Broughton and a new work by Zigman, and appeared at the La Jolla ‘Summerfest’, the Green Chamber Festival in Sonoma and the Piatigorsky Festival in LA.