Kate Dillingham

Kate Dillingham is an American Classical cellist from New York City. She performs as both a soloist and as a chamber musician and is a member of the Random Access Music Players. A former student of Bernard Greenhouse, she is also the Artistic Director of the Wellfleet CelloFest, held in honor of the centenary of his birth. Dillingham also studied with Maria Tchaikovskaya at the Moscow Conservatory. She made her debut with orchestra in Russia in 1998 with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra "The Seasons" and in Saint Petersburg with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic "Hermitage". Dillingham also released her first album that same year. In 2002 she made her New York debut recital at Merkin Concert Hall premiering a commissioned work by Augusta Read Thomas ("Chant") and premiering a solo work by Jennifer Higdon. Her recordings were licensed for use in the films La rafle and Les Berlinoises.

Discography

• Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1027-1029 J.S. Bach with Jory Vinikour, harpsichord (2016)
• Crossings: New Music for Cello - Premieres and Commissions (2015)
• Lutoslawski, Herbert, Dvorak, Higdon with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra (2004)
• Debussy, Honegger and Faure with Blair McMillen, piano (2002)
• Haydn Cello Concertos with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra "The Seasons" (2001)

Publications

Three Sonatas for Violoncello and Keyboard, BWV 1027-1029 by J.S. Bach edited by Bernard Greenhouse and Kate Dillingham, published by G. Schirmer Inc.