Joanna Blendulf's Bio

Joanna Blendulf, baroque cellist and violist da gamba, has received degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Indiana University, studying with Stanley Ritchie, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, and Alan Harris. She was awarded a Performer's Certificate for outstanding performance on baroque cello from Indiana University in 1998. Joanna currently performs with the New York Collegium, Apollo's Fire, American Bach Soloists, the Portland Baroque Orchestra, American Baroque, Musica Angelica (Los Angeles), Camerata Pacifica Baroque (Santa Barbara) and B.O.M.B. Ms. Blendulf is also a member of the chamber groups Bimbetta, Mirable and Florilegia, all based in the San Francisco Bay Area where she resides. Joanna's summer engagements have included appearances at the Boston, Berkeley and Bloomington Early Music Festivals as well as the Carmel Bach Festival. Ms. Blendulf was named honorable mention in last year's Dorian / Early Music America competition for her recording of the Jean Zewalt Tremier cello sonatas.

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