Adriana La Rosa Ransom, Cello

Biography

Cellist Adriana La Rosa Ransom enjoys a varied and active concert schedule. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including winning top prizes at the WAMSO Young Artist Competition, the Naftzger Young Artist Competition, and the Schubert Club Young Artist Competition.

She has appeared as a guest artist on notable solo and chamber music recital series across the Midwest, and was recently featured on two nationally broadcast recordings produced by Chamber Music Minnesota. Ms. La Rosa Ransom has held the assistant principal cello position with the Minnesota Opera Orchestra for five years. She was also selected by audition to perform with the 2003 European Musical Festival Orchestra in Stuttgart and Berlin under the direction of Helmut Riling.

A native of Kansas City, Ms. La Rosa Ransom received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Missouri where she studied with Nina Gordon. She has also earned a Masters and Doctorate degree from the University of Minnesota under the tutelage of Tanya Remenikova. She studied chamber music with internationally acclaimed pianists Margo Garrett and Lydia Artymiw and violinists Jorja Fleezanis and Benny Kim, and has participated in many masterclasses given by distinguished artists, recently being selected to perform an Armenian work for Yo Yo Ma in connection with the Silk Road project.

Ms. La Rosa Ransom has served on the faculty at St. Cloud State University and at the Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival. She currently teaches at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis.