Hamilton Cheifetz has been described in Fanfare Magazine as “unquestionably a magnificent player" for his solo recordings, and he has performed throughout North America and in Europe, Asia, and Australia. His first solo CD, "Songs from the Cello", has received wide airplay and Fanfare Magazine wrote "Cheifetz plays with an expressive lyricism reminiscent of Casals...combined with the precision of Starker". A native of Chicago, Cheifetz began playing cello when he was seven and first appeared as soloist with orchestra at the age of eleven. He studied with Janos Starker at Indiana University and later became the teaching assistant to Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi at the University of Western Ontario. The winner of the Piatigorsky Prize at Tanglewood, he toured the United States and Canada on the Music from Marlboro concert series and performed at the White House for President Carter and the members of Congress. Cheifetz has appeared as guest artist with the symphony orchestras of Toronto, Oregon, and Milwaukee, and he toured nationally with the Paul Winter Consort. He presented a solo recital in the Sydney Opera House and has often been featured on National Public Radio's “Performance Today.” His playing was highlighted, together with jazz great Dave Frishberg and vocalist Rebecca Kilgore, on the CBS television special “Gary Larson's Tales From the Far Side.” Recently, he performed duos in concert with Janos Starker which were broadcast nationally on NPR, and he appeared with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York. He is a featured artist at Chamber Music Northwest and other festivals including BargeMusic in New York and the Oregon Bach Festival. Cheifetz is also Principal Cellist of the Oregon Ballet Orchestra. Since 1977, Hamilton Cheifetz has been cellist of the Florestan Trio, trio-in-residence at Portland State University, where he is professor of music. The Florestan Trio has toured Asia three times and received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Cheifetz was recently invited to teach as Guest Lecturer at Indiana University and has taught in Korea. He is also a member of the Third Angle Ensemble, the leading contemporary music group in the Pacific Northwest, and he has recorded for Koch, Delos, and Gagliano Recordings. Hamilton Cheifetz is a member of the Subud International Cultural Association, a group of creative people working together to promote original culture and world peace. He has three sons ranging in age from 10 to 22 and three dogs ranging in age from 7 months to 7 years.