A native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, cellist David Bjella has a multi faceted career as a teacher, chamber musician, orchestral player, and soloist. He is Professor of Cello at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, member of the critically acclaimed Iris Orchestra in Tennessee, taught and performed at the Chigiana Academia Musicale festival in Siena, Italy, the Cuerdas de Enlace festival in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, the Hot Springs Festival in Arkansas, the Orlando Chamber Soloists in the Black Hills Festival, and was a featured clinician and soloist at the Beaumaris Festival in Wales. In December of 2016, Bjella served as Principal Cellist of the Orquesta Virtuosi De Pernambuco which performed in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile. Mr. Bjella currently spends his summers teaching and performing at the Wintergreen Music Festival in Virginia.
2021 – 2022 Season
SEASON 22 LINEUP
Oct. 16, 2021 at GPAC
Iris Orchestra strings
Oct. 17, 2021 at Brooks
Iris Orchestra chamber ensembles
Nov. 20, 2021 at GPAC
Zlatomir Fung, cello
Nov. 21, 2021 at Brooks
Zlatomir Fung, cello
Jan. 29, 2022 at GPAC
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor & piano
Jan. 30, 2022 at Brooks
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Mar. 5, 2022 at GPAC
Inon Barnatan & Alon Goldstein, pianos
Mar. 6, 2022 at Crosstown
Inon Barnatan & Alon Goldstein, pianos
April 23, 2022 at GPAC
Awadagin Pratt, piano
April 24, 2022 at Brooks
Iris Orchestra chamber ensembles