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 Kenneth
Freudigman, is Co-Founder of Camerata San Antonio, Principal Cello of the
San Antonio Symphony, Adjunct Professor of Cello at the University of Texas at
San Antonio, Education Director of the Cactus Pear Music Festival, and a
highly-respected cello pedagogue.
Mr. Freudigman began playing the violin at age six and found his true love, the
cello, at the age of nine. After six years of study, he was accepted to attend
the prestigious Interlochen Center for the Arts. After graduating with honors in
music performance he went on to receive a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman
School of Music. He began his orchestral and chamber music career while at
Eastman, performing with the Rochester Philharmonic and was also a founding
member of the Esterhazy Chamber Ensemble. In 1992, Mr. Freudigman joined the New
World Symphony, an advanced training orchestra for recent graduates of music
schools, under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. He has also performed
with the Grand Rapids, Charleston, and Virginia Symphony Orchestras, as well as
the Sarasota Opera and the Mexico City Philharmonic. Mr. Freudigman was also a
founding member of the American Sinfonietta.
His orchestra engagements have taken him to the major concert halls of Europe,
the Middle East, and throughout South and North America. In addition to his
orchestral experience, Mr. Freudigman has performed chamber music with members
of the Amadeus and Cleveland quartets and with the pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
He has been a featured soloist with the World Youth and New World Symphony
Orchestras and the Mexico City Philharmonic, where he was engaged to perform
Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto in 2000. Mr. Freudigman can be heard in
recordings on the Argo and Summit record labels and is featured with Renee
Fleming and the New World Symphony Orchestra performing Bachianas Brasileiras by
Heitor Villa-Lobos on BMG Classics.
You can hear him perform regularly with Camerata San Antonio, a flexible chamber
ensemble that has concerts in San Antonio, Boerne and KERRVILLE. Go to
www.cameratasa.org
for more information.
Kenneth Freudigman
Principal Cello, San Antonio Symphony
Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Camerata San Antonio
11618 Raindrop Dr
San Antonio TX 78216
210-492-9519
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