Grammy Award–winning cellist Brandon Vamos has earned critical acclaim as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States and abroad.

Described by the Chicago Reader as a “first-rate cellist” and praised by the Chicago Tribune for his “gutsy bravura,” he has appeared with the Taipei City Symphony, Suwon Symphony, Samara Symphony, New Philharmonia Orchestra, and Elgin Symphony Orchestra. Vamos has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Menahem Pressler, Paul Katz, Michael Tree, and the Emerson Quartet, and has recorded for Cedille, Naxos, and Cacophony Records.

He studied with Paul Katz at the Eastman School of Music and with Aldo Parisot at Yale University. As a member of the Pacifica Quartet, he performs more than ninety concerts annually and received the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance.