Cellist Edward Arron has garnered recognition worldwide for his elegant musicianship, impassioned performances, and creative programming. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Arron made his New York recital debut in 2000 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since that time, he has appeared in recital, as a soloist with major orchestras, and as a chamber musician, throughout North America, Europe and Asia. The 2022-23 season marks Mr. Arron’s 10th season as the co-artistic director of the Performing Artists in Residence series at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. In the May of 2022, he stepped down after 15 years as the artistic director of the acclaimed Musical Masterworks concert series in Old Lyme, Connecticut. In 2013, he completed a ten-year residency as the artistic director of the Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert. Mr. Arron tours and records as a member of the renowned Ehnes String Quartet, and is a regular guest with the Boston and Seattle Chamber Music Societies, as well as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. His performances are frequently broadcast on American Public Media’s Performance Today. In 2021, Mr. Arron’s recording of Beethoven’s Complete Works for Cello and Piano with pianist Jeewon Park was released on the Aeolian Classics Record Label, and in 2022, his recordings of Beethoven’s Late String Quartets with the Ehnes Quartet were released on the Onyx Record Label. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Mr. Arron has served on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst since 2016.