Angela East

Angela East studied with Derek Simpson, Christopher Bunting and André Navarra, and as recitalist and continuo player has performed at the world’s leading venues including Glyndebourne, La Scala and the Carnegie Hall, with conductors including Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Sir Simon Rattle. Her highly praised recordings include the complete Bach Cello Suites and Baroque Cello Illuminations, a collection of pedagogical classics by Vivaldi, Eccles, Couperin, Sammartini and De Fesch. Her repertoire extends from music for viols to the Kodály Sonata. When not playing and touring with Red Priest on its busy concert schedule, she trains cello teachers and works with a wide range of her own pupils, teaching both the cello and Alexander Technique.