Fred Sherry

Fred Sherry has introduced audiences on five continents and all fifty United States to the music of our time for over five decades. He has had close working relationships with Charles Wuorinen, Lukas Foss, Oliver Knussen, Elliott Carter, Milton Babbitt, Toru Takemitsu, Chick Corea, Pierre Boulez, Mario Davidovsky and others whose works he has premiered and recorded. He has been soloist and ‘sideman’ on hundreds of commercial and esoteric recordings; his discography ranges from Schütz, Bach, Mozart,Beethoven and Brahms through Schoenberg and Stravinsky to the 20th and 21st century works written for him.

Fred Sherry was a founding member of TASHI, Speculum Musicae, and Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. His performance career has taken him to on- and off-Broadway orchestra pits and soloing in Carnegie Hall; on stage with the NYC Ballet and the Newport Jazz Festival; playing movie soundtracks and concertos with major orchestras. He serves on foundation boards and the juries of international music competitions. His book 25 Bach Duets from the Cantatas was published in 2011. He is a member of the cello faculty of The Juilliard School, the Mannes College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music.