Cellist Rose Bellini is a versatile performer of classical, amplified, improvisational, crossover, and experimental music. She regularly performs with contemporary music ensembles, modern dance companies, bands, and chamber and orchestral groups around New York City and across North America. Rose has appeared with the FLUX Quartet, East Village Opera Company, Phoenix Ensemble Ensemble Signal, the Wordless Music Orchestra, folk and rock bands, and in venues from Monkeytown to Symphony Space to Carnegie Hall.

Her primary teachers have included the distinguished cellist Janos Starker and the dynamic Emilio Colón, under whom she received her Doctor of Music in in Cello Performance at Indiana University.  By day, Rose is Director of Development for the International Contemporary Ensemble and on the Board of the Switchboard Music Festival in San Francisco.

Visit Rose at www.rosebellini.com.