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Alice Neary – Cello
Cello
Alice enjoys a varied performing career as a chamber musician and as Principal Cellist of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Familiar to listeners of Radio 3, festival performances include BBC Proms chamber series, Malboro (USA), Bath International, Santa Fe (USA) and Lofoten. Her discography includes the Mendelssohn cello sonatas and concertos by Howells, Patterson and Tovey.
Alice was a member of the Gould Piano Trio from 2001-2018 – career highlights included the complete piano trios of Beethoven, Schubert and Dvořák at the Wigmore Hall, the commissioning of new works from Sir James MacMillan and Mark Simpson, regular tours of USA and over 25 CD releases. She collaborates with pianists Viv McLean, Benjamin Frith and Daniel Tong and has appeared as guest cellist with the Nash Ensemble, Ensemble 360 and the Endellion, Elias and Heath quartets. Regular visits to Wye Valley Festival and International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove provide ongoing inspiration.
Alice studied with Ralph Kirshbaum at the RNCM and, as a Fulbright Scholar, with Timothy Eddy at Stonybrook, USA. Alice teaches at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where she was awarded a Fellowship in 2015. She and her husband, David Adams founded the Penarth Chamber Music Festival in 2014. Alice plays a cello by Alessandro Gagliano of 1710.
