Edvard Pogossian, Cellist

Edvard Pogossian is the principal cello of the Royal Northern Sinfonia as well as a cello professor at the Royal Northern College of Music. He has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, and the New Mexico Philharmonic. He has guest led the cello sections of the Oslo Philharmonic, the Hallé, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. As the winner of the Juilliard Concerto Competition, Edvard performed the Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations at David Geffen Hall in New York and at the Harris Theater in Chicago with the Juilliard Orchestra under the direction of Itzhak Perlman. The Chicago Tribune praised Edvard’s performance for his “astonishing musical and technical maturity,” as well as his “winning lightness of touch to everything he played, combined with a velvety tone.” Highly committed to chamber music, Edvard is a member of Trio Isimsiz, who have performed throughout Europe.

Edvard’s debut album, Journey through Armenia, was released in 2022 on Linn Records. It includes a world premiere of Tigran Hamasyan’s Cello Sonata No. 1 for Mané, commissioned by Pogossian and inspired by Armenian folk melodies intertwined with modern classical and jazz influences. 

Originally from Glendale, California, Pogossian earned his Bachelor of Music at The Julliard School, a Master of Music from the Royal College of Music, and an Artist Diploma at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.