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Six Suites for Solo Cello BMV 1007-1012
Edited by: Jeffrey Noel Lastrapes
About Jeffrey Noel Lastrapes
Jeffrey Noel Lastrapes is an active soloist, chamber musician and teacher having performed and taught in Europe, South America and in every region of the US. He holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School where he studied with Orlando Cole and Harvey Shapiro respectively. He has recorded for New World Records and Centaur Records. In 2009, Mr. Lastrapes gave his New York Debut at Merkin Hall to critical acclaim.
Mr. Lastrapes has participated in major summer festivals around the world including the Evian, Hot Springs, Peninsula (WI), Bay View, Bellingham, and is a frequent performer and pedagogue in every region of the US and South and Central America. He is currently Associate Professor of Cello at Texas Tech University, is the cofounder of Caerus Ensemble, is on the faculty of the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, and has been on the faculty of the Interlochen Center for the Arts since 1996. Mr. Lastrapes performs on a Francesco Ruggieri cello dated 1684. |
An excellent cellist with consummate technical mastery, Lastrapes is a seasoned performer whose strong, outgoing personality lets him shape the music on a big canvas with bold colors and contours." |