About

Tessa Seymour was accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music at age 16, where she studied with Carter Brey, principal cello of the New York Philharmonic and Peter Wiley of the Guarneri Quartet. Ms. Seymour held the Jack Kent Cooke Fellowship at Curtis.
Ms. Seymour made her televised Carnegie Hall debut in 2007 and has performed as concerto soloist with numerous orchestras. Recent performances include a concert at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center, San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall, as well as the U.S. Premiere performance of Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki’s Suite for Solo Cello at Carnegie Hall. She has appeared many times at the Verbier Festival, Yellow Barn Music Festival, and the Festival del Sole. Season performances were heard on WHYY-TV, as well as WRTI radio, where she was a featured artist and host on their program, “Philadelphia Music Makers.” She has also podcasted with “The Glass Sho,” and Next Big Thing Radio’s “Conversations," appeared on Vice Munchies, PBS' "Live From Carnegie Hall," NPR radio, and performed at TEDTalks’ TedXPenn conference. Her debut solo album is set to be released this year. Ms. Seymour’s cello is the 1720 Carlo Giuseppe Testore “Camilla” of Milan.

Music

Solo cello music (Bach, Kodaly, Ligeti, Cassadó)
Cello + piano (Beethoven, Debussy, Brahms, Britten sonatas)
Chamber Music

Videos

Past groupmuses (9)

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  Tintinnabulous: 20th Century Cello Musings

  Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019 7:30 PM PDT

  • Neighborhood: Kensington, CA
  • Composers: Pärt, Poulenc, Shostakovich, Falla
  • Instruments: cello and piano
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 4 years ago

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  Another NOHO Groupmuse

  Sunday, Mar 10, 2019 7:30 PM EDT

  • Neighborhood: Noho
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened about 5 years ago

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  Welcome back, Tessa!

  Sunday, Oct 1, 2017 3:00 PM PDT

  • Neighborhood: Kensington, CA
  • Composers: Debussy, Falla, Piazzolla
  • Instruments: Piano, Cello
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 6 years ago

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  Rockridge Solo 'Cellomuse

  Friday, Sep 23, 2016 7:15 PM PDT

  • Neighborhood: Rockridge/North Oakland
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 7 years ago

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  Bayview cello-ebration night

  Saturday, Sep 17, 2016 8:00 PM PDT

  • Neighborhood: Bayview, San Francisco
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 7 years ago

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  Outdoors

  Bach in the Garden

  Wednesday, Aug 24, 2016 7:00 PM PDT

  • Neighborhood: Montclair, Oakland
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 7 years ago

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  Tessa Seymour in Kensington!

  Saturday, Aug 20, 2016 7:30 PM PDT

  • Neighborhood: Kensington, CA
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 7 years ago

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  Groupmuse in the Loft

  Friday, Jul 29, 2016 7:30 PM PDT

  • Neighborhood: Mission District, SF
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 7 years ago

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  Beethoven and Rachmaninov in Kensington!

  Friday, Jul 8, 2016 7:30 PM PDT

  • Neighborhood: Kensington, CA
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened almost 8 years ago