Joseph Elworthy cello

Joseph Elworthy has been a featured soloist, recitalist, and chamber music performing on such stages as Alice Tully Hall, Suntory Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, and Sejong Hall. His recordings can be heard on EMI, Sony, Archtype, and Bose record labels. In addition to receiving the Sylva Gelber Award of $15,000, Joseph has been the recipient of multiple Canada Council Career Grants. Mr. Elworthy began his cello studies with Audrey Nodwell at the Vancouver Academy of Music, and continued his training under the tutelage of Eric Wilson, with whom he studied for seven years. Joseph spent multiple summers at the Banff Centre, where he first encountered esteemed cello pedagogue, Aldo Parisot. After high school, he continued his studies at Yale University and the Juilliard School under the guidance of Mr. Parisot. Upon graduation from Yale, Mr. Elworthy was the recipient of the Aldo Parisot Prize – the highest honour issued by Yale University to a graduating cellist. In June 2010, Elworthy honoured Mr. Parisot's contribution to cello performance pedagogy in Canada by hosting the Parisot Cellofest at the Vancouver Academy of Music – an event that reunited Aldo Parisot and many of his former Yale pupils, all of whom occupy prominent teaching positions in Canada.

In September 2011, Elworthy was appointed as Executive Director of the Vancouver Academy of Music (www.vancouveracademyofmusic.com) where he also serves as Head of the Cello Department. He has appeared on numerous television and radio broadcasts around the globe including media outlets such as CBC, Arts & Entertainment, BRAVO, PBS, Radio Europe, and NHK. In 2009, Joseph released a critically acclaimed recording of the complete Bach Cello Suites, described in Strad Magazine as: \"a cogent vision of each suite impressively expressive yet contained, drawn with surgical precision making these interpretations an impressive achievement\". Mr. Elworthy has also been a member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra since 2002. Joseph plays on a rare Ferdinando Gagliano circa 1760 that once belonged to the legendary German cellist, Hugo Becker.

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