Amanda Forsyth
(born 1966) is a Juno Award-winning Canadian cellist, and is the principal cello of the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
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Biography
Daughter of
composer Malcolm Forsyth, Forsyth came to Canada from South Africa at two years of age and began playing the cello at the age of three. She became a protégé of
William Pleeth in
London and later studied with
Harvey Shapiro at the
Juilliard School in
New York and with
Lynn Harrell in
Los Angeles. After two seasons with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra she became the youngest principal ever selected by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra where she remained for six years. In 1999, Forsyth was appointed principal cello of the National Arts Centre Orchestra where she is also featured as a soloist each season.
Forsyth is recognised as an eminent recitalist, soloist and chamber musician appearing with leading orchestras and prestigious chamber music festivals worldwide.
Forsyth and her husband,
violinist
Pinchas Zukerman, appear frequently together as soloists. She has also collaborated with artists who include
Lynn Harrell,
Yo-Yo Ma,
Garrick Ohlsson,
Jon Kimura Parker,
Yefim Bronfman,
Joseph Kalichstein,
Jaime Laredo,
Arnold Steinhardt,
Michael Tree, and
Louis Lortie.
Forsyth is the cellist of the
Zukerman Chamber Players, which has toured worldwide since 2003. She also recently collaborated with
Wynton Marsalis in New York, recording the sound track for
Ken Burns’ 7-part television film about
World War II to be produced for
SBS.
Amanda Forsyth performs on a 1699 cello by
Carlo Giuseppe Testore.
Selected recordings
- Soaring with Agamemnon
- Electra Rising: The Music of Malcolm Forsyth
- Zukerman Conducts Mozart
- American Journey
- Palm Court Encores
- Mozart: Flute Quartets