Nicholas Canellakis (born 1984 in New York City) is an American cellist.[1][2][3] He made his Carnegie Hall concerto debut in 2015 with the American Symphony Orchestra.[4][5] He has performed as soloist with the Albany Symphony[6] as his sister Karina Canellakis conducted, as well as the Delaware,[7] New Haven,[8] Lansing,[9] and Bangor[10] Symphonies. He is an artist at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and is a former member of CMS Two (now known as the Bowers Program).[3][11][12] He regularly performs duo recitals with pianist Michael Brown.[2][3] He is the Artistic Director of Chamber Music Sedona in Arizona.[13][14]

Nicholas Canellakis is also a filmmaker and actor.[15] He created and stars in the web series “Conversations with Nick Canellakis.”[1][16]

Nicholas Canellakis is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and New England Conservatory[16][1] where he studied with Orlando Cole, Peter Wiley, and Paul Katz.

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  2. ^ a b "Bargemusic Nicholas Canellakis And Michael Brown". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  3. ^ a b c Reinthaler, Joan (January 24, 2015). "Cellist Nicholas Canellakis, pianist Michael Brown at Wolf Trap Barns". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ BWW News Desk. "Cellist Nicholas Canellakis to Make Carnegie Hall Debut with American Symphony Orchestra & Leon Botstein, 4/19". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  5. ^ "Biography". Sciolino Artist Management. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  6. ^ "Symphonic Siblings Play with the Albany Symphony". www.hvmag.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  7. ^ "Cellist Nicholas Canellakis joins Delaware Symphony for season finale". WHYY. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  8. ^ Amarante, Joe (2018-03-13). "Rebecca Miller to conduct NHSO in Russian music program March 22". New Haven Register. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  9. ^ "LSO announces upcoming season". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  10. ^ "Shostakovich, Schumann performance challenges Bangor symphony audience". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  11. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (2015-11-23). "From New York Youth Symphony and the Chamber Music Society, Odes to Experience". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  12. ^ "Nicholas Canellakis | The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center". www.chambermusicsociety.org. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  13. ^ "New director says 'hello' with performance - Sedona Red Rock News - Sedona News, Jobs, Things to Do". redrocknews.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  14. ^ "Chamber Music Sedona selects new artistic director". Verde Independent. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  15. ^ "Nick Canellakis". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  16. ^ a b Reich, Ronni (2014-03-28). "Nicholas Canellakis plays Parlance Chamber Concerts". nj.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.