Cellist Jeremy Tai has been recognized as an emerging artist of fierce energy, musical sincerity, and dynamic colors. At 22 years of age, he has already appeared with the Utah Symphony, Symphony Parnassus in San Francisco, the Palo Alto Philharmonic Orchestra, the University of California at Davis Symphony Orchestra, and the California Youth Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Tai made his solo debut at the Junior Bach Festival in Berkeley, California at age 10 and his national debut at the Music Teachers National Association Convention in New York City at age 14. In March 2015, Jeremy Tai was named an ambassador of the Doublestop Foundation.
Mr. Tai has played for esteemed musicians and groups such as Emmanuel Ax, Tamás Varga, Jian Wang, Zuill Bailey, Mark Kosower, Dover Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet, Israeli Chamber Project, Henschel String Quartet, Lee Trio, and Horszowski Trio.
Mr. Tai is an avid chamber musician, having most recently collaborated with the Escher String Quartet at a series of concerts as a part of Music in the Vineyards in Napa Valley, California. Additionally, he has appeared at Sid & Mary Foulger International Music Festival and Music@Menlo Chamber Music Institute. Mr. Tai is also one of the founding members of the critically acclaimed Konpeito Cello Quartet. In February 2015, the Konpeito Cello Quartet collaborated with cellist Matt Haimovitz and internationally best-selling children’s author Cornelia Funke on the renowned syndicated NPR radio program From the Top. Mr. Tai also appeared on the From the Top program as a featured soloist collaborating with pianist Christopher O’Reily.
The recipient of numerous honors and awards, Mr. Tai is the first prize winner of the Klein International String Competition, Music Teachers National Association National Strings Competition, Mondavi Center National Young Artists Competition, American Fine Arts Festival International Concerto Competition, and Music Teachers’ Association of California VOCE State Competition. Mr. Tai was chosen as a YoungArts National Finalist and a 2016 United States Presidential Scholar in Arts candidate.
In addition to his prolific classical music career, Mr. Tai is also a versatile crossover artist having completed numerous cello projects from the soundtrack, pop, and jazz genres. With over 700,000 streams and views across his social media pages, Mr. Tai is dedicated to making classical music more accessible to the general public with video projects that are ambitious and fun. Mr. Tai has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the classical music and crossover world, including Zlatomir Fung, Nathan Chan, Yeesun Kim. Ken Kubota, Samuel Kim, and Nicholas Yee.
Raised in Cupertino, California, Mr. Tai began his studies with Jonathan Koh at the age of nine and later entered Mr. Koh’s studio at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College. Mr. Tai, a full scholarship recipient from the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, studied with Hans Jorgen Jensen and received his B.M. in Cello Performance. Mr. Tai currently studies with Paul Katz at New England Conservatory for his masters degree. Additional studies have included full scholarship to the Aspen Music Summer Festival with Richard Aaron and Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt, full scholarship to the Meadowmount School of Music with Jonathan Koh and Hans Jensen, Young Chamber Musicians with Susan Bates, Eric Chin, Debra Fong and Eric Gaenslen, and California Music Preparatory Academy with Jonathan Koh and Laura Gaynon.
