KATE DILINGHAM
Cello

Lehigh University; Artistic Director, CT Alliance for Music; Broadway, "The Lion King"

Kate Dillingham, cellist enjoys an active career both in the United States and abroad. She has performed as soloist with The St. Petersburg Philharmonic, The Moscow Symphony Orchestra, The Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra. At home in New York, she appears regularly with orchestras, opera companies, chamber music ensembles, premieres new works, and in Disney’s Broadway production of “The Lion King”.

Ms. Dillingham has recorded three solo CDs, which are commercially available through iTunes, CDbaby and Amazon.com. She made her New York debut in 2002 at Merkin Concert Hall, and since has appeared numerous times as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, Bargemusic, and Symphony Space in New York, and has been presented twice by invitation at the United States Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Ms. Dillingham is currently Instructor of Cello at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA.

This past season, she toured the western United States with the Barbizon Chamber Orchestra; a newly formed ensemble, as principal cellist and contractor. The Barbizon received standing ovations and high praise for their inspired and exciting performances. Other activities include having served as Artistic Director of FEAST; a series that combines chamber music performances and gourmet food. She is the artistic coordinator of Connecticut Alliance for Music’s outreach program in Bridgeport, CT that brings high quality performances and coaching to youngsters. She is currently developing programming centered on Music and Architecture, Music and Medicine and Music and the Environment to be presented at Lehigh University.

Ms. Dillingham received both a Bachelor (summa cum laude) and a Master of Music from Rutgers University, where she studied with Bernard Greenhouse. She also studied with Maria Tchaikovskaya at the Moscow Conservatory. Ms. Dillingham and Mr. Greenhouse collaborated on an edition of the Sonatas for Violoncello and Keyboard BWV 1027-1029 by J.S. Bach, published by G. Schirmer Inc., which she presented in a combined concert and lecture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ms. Dillingham is highly sought after for her polished and sensitive playing. The press has deemed her “an excellent cellist; dignified, intelligent, and compelling. An adventurous, dedicated champion of contemporary music, she performed with admirable control, conviction, and authority.”