Guest Artists Ruth Marshall (cello) and Garret Ross (piano)
Artu Duo
Pianist Garret Ross and cellist Ruth Marshall met in 2009 at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top. Their first performance as a duo was in 2011. Since then, their collaboration has grown and thrived.
To begin their collaborative life, Ruth and Garret studied chamber music with various teachers. In 2011, the Artu Duo had a residency at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, where they studied the Beethoven Sonatas for Cello and Piano with Colin Carr and Thomas Sauer. In 2012, they were residents at the Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk, England, studying the music of Brahms and Schumann with Menahem Pressler.
Since 2012, the Artu Duo has been the ensemble-in-residence at the Apollo Music Festival in Houston, MN. In 2013, they made their debut on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series at the Cultural Center in Chicago, IL, which was broadcast live on WFMT. In the 2015-2016 season, they played concerts on the Music Northwest Chamber Music Series in Seattle, WA, and the Courtroom Concert Series in St. Paul, MN. And in November 2016, they made their debut at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
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