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Keiran Campbell was drawn to the cello after he stumbled across one in his grandmother’s basement and was baffled by its size. Once he turned 8, he began taking lessons- on a much smaller cello- in his native Greensboro, North Carolina.  After studying extensively with Leonid Zilper, former solo cellist of the Bolshoi Ballet, he received his Bachelors and Masters at the Juilliard School, working with Darrett Adkins, Timothy Eddy, and Phoebe Carrai.  Keiran also spent several springs in Cornwall, England, studying with Steven Isserlis and Ralph Kirshbaum at Prussia Cove.   He now is based in Toronto, Canada, where he performs as a core member of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.

Described as “a delightful performer… playing with the ease of a pub fiddler,” (The WholeNote) and “an active, sparkling participant in the musical conversation” (Toronto Star), Keiran has performed with ensembles including The English Concert, NYBI, Philharmonia Baroque, The Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Four Nations Ensemble, The Toronto Symphony, Twelfth Night, and Les Violons du Roy.  He recently performed with Le Concert Des Nations under Jordi Savall, touring Europe performing Beethoven Symphonies before recording them on Savall’s new Beethoven CD. During his summers, Keiran has performed with Teatro Nuovo, Lakes Area Music Festival, the Salzburger Festspiele as guest principal with Utopia Orchestra, at the BBC Proms and The Edinburgh festival with The English Concert, and The Carmel Bach Festival. He is also on faculty at Chamber Music Collective, which focuses primarily on post-1750 performance practice.  

Keiran maintained a private teaching studio in New York City, and he recently gave masterclasses at UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University, Penn State, Bucknell University, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, Western University, at Tafelmusik Winter Institute, and at Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute.

Keiran plays on a cello by Timothy Johnson, as well as an 18th century northern Italian cello, known as the ‘ex-Ormandy.’ He also performs on a 1770s bow attributed to the Dodd family, which was purchased in part thanks to a grant from the Ontario Arts Council. Keiran is fascinated with instrument making, which he studies with the maker of his cello, Timothy Johnson.

March

21, 22 & 28, 29- Tafelmusik Chamber concerts at McMichael Art Gallery (Kleinburg), FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre (St Catharines), St. John the Evangelist (Hamilton), and Toronto Botanical Garden

April

9, 10, 11, 12- CPE A Major Cello Concerto with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Rachel Podger

21- Recital with Rachell Wong at this the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, playing on the Gould Stradivarius violin and the Fleming Amati cello

30, May 1, 2, 3- “Hearing her Voice” with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Amanda Forsythe

May

29, 30, 31- Tafelmusik, “Beethoven Eroica & Bologne: The Winds of Change” directed by Shunske Sato

June

7-20, Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute

21-26, Chamber Music Collective at Cornell University

July

11-25, Carmel Bach Festival

I am available for cello lessons in Toronto and via Skype. To enquire about lesson rates, to schedule a lesson, to book me for concerts, or to ask any other questions, fill out the form below!