Basic
First Name:
Deborah
Last Name:
Pae
Country:
USA
First Year:
2010
Last Year:
2012
Biography
About:
Praised by critics for her “extraordinary musicianship" (San Diego Union Tribune) and “magical” playing (Cleveland Classical), Korean-American cellist DEBORAH PAE has received international acclaim for her powerful performances and devotion to the arts. Ms. Pae emerged onto the international stage in 2003, making her debut at the 45th GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden and the Recording Academy’s Seventh Annual Salute to Classical Music honoring the late Mstislav Rostropovich. Shortly thereafter, in 2005, she gave her European recital debut at the Musée du Louvre in Paris. Over the span of 25 years, Ms. Pae has enjoyed an award-winning and distinguished career as a soloist and chamber musician whose performances at major festivals and concert series throughout North America, Europe, and Asia have garnered critical acclaim. She has been a featured artist at the Marlboro, Ravinia, and Prussia Cove festivals and performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall in London, the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Palais des Beaux-Art in Brussels, and the Berliner Philharmonie. Pae is the cellist of two award-winning ensembles: the Formosa Quartet, recipients of the First Prize and Amadeus Prize at the 2006 International London Quartet Competition, and the Namirovsky-Lark-Pae Trio, winners of the 2020 German Record Critics Award and Fono Forum’s 5 Best Albums of 2020 for their debut album 'Masterpieces Among Peers'. Within her wide-ranging repertoire, she is passionate about lifting up the works of living composers and introducing valuable yet lesser-known musical compositions to worldwide audiences. Over the span of 25 years, Pae’s performances have been augmented by numerous radio and television broadcasts and recordings for ECM, New World, TYXarts, Bridge, and Outhere Records. A graduate of the Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, and an Associate Artist at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Belgium, Pae is committed to mentoring the next generation of young artists. She is Associate Professor of Cello at Eastern Michigan University and serves on the Executive Committee of the Recording Academy® Chicago Chapter Board.
Current Primary Activity(ies):
Cellist, Formosa Quartet; Associate Professor of Cello, Eastern Michigan University School of Music & Dance
Education:
NEC
Degree:
MM
Other Teachers:
Gary Hoffman, Joel Krosnick
Contact
Email:
Website:
www.deborahpae.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/formosaquartet
Instagram:
www.instagram.com/deborahpae