Diane Chaplin - Bantock Sonata
Diane Chaplin is a solo artist, chamber music cellist, and nurturing music educator who lives Portland, Oregon. She tours around the U.S. as a featured member of the Portland Cello Project, and is often heard in solo and chamber music performances across the globe. She is on the faculty at Linfield University and is also Program Coordinator for the Chamber Music Camp of Portland. Diane has taught at Yale University, Bard College in NY State, Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio, and has given master classes in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, The Netherlands, Bosnia, and Russia.
As a member of the Colorado String Quartet for twenty years, Diane performed in more than twenty countries and recorded several critically acclaimed albums. The Quartet was the first all-female string quartet to perform the complete quartets of Beethoven in both North America and Europe. Diane received a BFA degree from the California Institute of the Arts as a student of Cesare Pascarella, and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Harvey Shapiro. She holds a Special Prize from the International Cello Competition in Viña del Mar, Chile, and a Certificate from the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. This past season she performed solo cello recitals in both the U.S. and Italy, and she hopes that her new solo CD, Il Violoncello Capriccioso, will be released later this year.