Brant Taylor, Cello

Biography

Born in New York and raised in San Antonio, Brant Taylor began cello studies at age 8.
He has collaborated with leading musicians throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, and appeared as soloist with orchestras including
the San Antonio Symphony, New World Symphony (under the batons of Michael Tilson-Thomas and Nicholas McGegan), Raleigh Symphony,
Racine Symphony, and Midland-Odessa Symphony. After five years as cellist of the award-winning Everest String Quartet and one year
with the Saint Louis Symphony, he joined the Chicago Symphony in 1998. Mr. Taylor is a faculty member of Roosevelt University’s
Chicago College of Performing Arts, and has led pedagogy and repertoire classes at Northwestern University, DePaul University and
the University of Michigan. Mr. Taylor is a frequent guest at music festivals, including the Festival der Zukunft in Ernen, Switzerland,
the Portland Chamber Music Festival, the Mimir Chamber Music Festival, Michigan’s Village Bach Festival, and Music at Gretna.
He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Indiana University, where his primary teachers were Paul Katz and Janos Starker.