Paul Wiancko

Paul Wiancko regularly collaborates with artists like Max Richter, Chick Corea, Norah Jones, Arcade Fire, and The National. As cellist of the internationally celebrated Kronos Quartet, he regularly appears on the world’s foremost stages, including Carnegie Hall, the Barbican, and the Sydney Opera House. Wiancko is a founding member of the viola and cello duo Ayane & Paul, as well as the quartet-collective Owls. He has shared the stage with prominent artists including Richard Goode, Mitsuko Uchida, Yo-Yo Ma, Terry Riley, Caroline Shaw, and members of the Emerson, Guarneri, St. Lawrence, and JACK quartets. From 2009 to 2011, he was cellist of the Harlem Quartet, with whom he performed and taught throughout the US, Europe, South America, and Africa. He has served as composer-in-residence at Spoleto Festival USA, Music from Angel Fire, Portland Chamber Music Festival, Caramoor, and the Banff Centre, and has composed works for the St. Lawrence, Kronos, Aizuri, Parker, Calder, and Attacca Quartets, yMusic, Alisa Weilerstein, Alexi Kenney, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and many others.