“Combines the expressive control of Casals with the creative individuality and virtuoso flair of Hendrix himself”
Joshua Roman is a cello soloist and composer, hailed for his “effortlessly expressive tone… and playful zest for exploration” (New York Times), as well as his “extraordinary technical and musical gifts" and “blend of precision and almost improvisatory freedom… that goes straight to the heart" (San Francisco Chronicle). His genre-bending programs and wide-ranging collaborations have grown out of an “enthusiasm for musical evolution that is as contagious as his love for the classics" (Seattle Times).
Committed to bringing Classical music to new audiences, Roman opened the acclaimed 2017 TED Conference, and his performance of the complete Bach Solo Cello Suites after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election was the most-viewed event in the history of TED’s social channels, with nearly a million live viewers. Roman has collaborated with world-class artists across genres and disciplines, including Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, DJ Spooky, Tony-winner/MacArthur Genius Bill T. Jones, Grammy Award-winning East African vocalist Somi, and Tony Award-nominated actor Anna Deavere Smith.
Upcoming Schedule
OUR WORLD IN DESIGN: Immortal Space
High Museum of Art
Collaboration of Joshua Roman and Samuel Stubblefield, co-creating a classical piece of Bach into an immersive neuroartistic musical performance. With additional conversations moderate by Susan Magsamen, co-author of "Your Brain on Art"
Emberlight Benefit
Diana Wortham Theater
An Earth Day performance for the benefit of Emberlight, the Center for Conscious Living and Dying. Other performers include Arsha Kaviani, the Paul Winter Consort, and Roots Grown Deep World Music Ensemble.
Omaha Symphony
The Holland Performing Arts Center
Joshua Roman performs Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with Music Director Laureate Thomas Wilkins conducting. This special one night only event also features "Godmother of Soul" Patti LaBelle.
Latest Album
Immunity
Immunity offers an intimate musical exploration of Roman’s life-altering experience of ongoing Long COVID
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