Nicholas Canellakis has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation, praised as a “superb young soloist” (The New Yorker) and for being "impassioned ... the audience seduced by Mr. Canellakis's rich, alluring tone" (The New York Times). A multifaceted artist, Canellakis has forged a unique voice combining his talents as soloist, chamber musician, curator, filmmaker, and composer/arranger. Recent concert highlights include concerto appearances with the Virginia, Albany, Delaware, and Bangor Symphonies, the Erie Philharmonic, The Orchestra Now, the New Haven Symphony as Artist-in-Residence, and the American Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall. He performs recitals throughout the U.S. with his longtime duo collaborator, pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown. Canellakis is an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, with which he performs regularly in Alice Tully Hall and on tour internationally. He is also a regular guest artist at many of the world's leading music festivals, and was recently renewed as the artistic director of Chamber Music Sedona, in Arizona. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and New England Conservatory. Filmmaking and acting are special interests of Canellakis. He has produced, directed, and starred in several short films and music videos, including "My New Cello" and the award winning film "Thin Walls." Canellakis plays on an outstanding Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, from 1840.