Yves Dharamraj, Cellist

As soloist, chamber musician, teaching artist, and composer, the Franco-American cellist Yves Dharamraj enjoys a multifaceted career that takes him to the major stages of the United States and abroad, including appearances at Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center (New York); the Kennedy Center (DC); Orchestra Hall, Ravinia Festival, and Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago); Disney Hall (LA); Spoleto USA (Charleston), National Arts Center (Ottawa); Berliner Festspiele; Téatro Nacional (Dominican Republic); Panama Jazz Festival; and the Thailand National Cultural Center (Bangkok).

Dr. Dharamraj co-founded New Docta International Music Festival in 2013 to bring world-class musicians to Argentina to perform, inspire children, and nurture Latin American talent. He is a founding member of the genre-defying Bohemian Trio, and Decoda, official affiliate ensemble of Carnegie Hall. Dr. Dharamraj earned his Bachelor’s (in Medieval Mediterranean Studies) and Master of Music degrees at Yale while studying with Aldo Parisot, his Doctorate of Musical Arts at Juilliard in the studio of Darrett Adkins and Joel Krosnick, and has worked with Paul Katz at New England Conservatory. He later taught at Juilliard as teaching assistant to Mr. Krosnick.