Raman Ramakrishnan, cello, and Erika Switzer, piano

Cellist Raman Ramakrishnan has given solo recitals
in New York, Boston, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., and
has performed at Caramoor, Bargemusic, with the
Chicago Chamber Musicians, and at the Aspen, Bard,
Charlottesville, and Vail music festivals. He has toured
with Musicians from Marlboro and has performed, as
guest principal cellist, with the Saint Paul Chamber
Orchestra. As a guest member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road
Ensemble, he has performed in New Delhi and Agra,
India and in Cairo, Egypt. Pianist Erika Switzer
performs regularly in major concert settings around the
world, including at New York’s Weill Hall (Carnegie),
Geffen Hall, Frick Collection, and Bargemusic, at the
Kennedy Center, the Philadelphia Chamber Music
Society, the Spoleto Festival in Charleston. Renaud
Machart of Le Monde described her as “one of the best
collaborative pianists I have ever heard; her sound is

deep, her interpretation intelligent, refined, and capti-
vating.” The program includes the Britten and

Shostakovich Cello Sonatas.