Joshua Roman

“… a cellist of bold character and poetic grace … a masterful player who brings curiosity and electrical energy to every note.”

Plain Dealer

“He regaled the enthralled house with an encore best described as a spontaneous combustion of styles, performed with all the intensity of a rock guitar soloist. This was a dazzlingly fast, improvisatory romp through folksy fiddling, furious strumming and chording, and staccato percussive effects I never thought possible with a cello. Was that smoke I saw rising from his bow?”

Cleveland Classical

“The soloist was Joshua Roman, a cellist of ­extraordinary technical and musical gifts. His ­Symphony debut, in fact, was so striking in so many ways that it left a listener eager for something more. … It’s rare to hear a cellist tear through this high-flying ­passagework so ­beautifully and ­precisely—with never a note out of tune or out of place—and rarer still to hear it done with such ­offhanded ­panache.”

San Francisco Chronicle