Riley, Eugena Chang

She is a cellist who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music from the time she was 14 years old and during her time there was Principal Cello of the Curtis Orchestra and in her final year was a substitute cellist for The Philadelphia Orchestra. For four years from 2002 to 2006 she was also a student at Itzak Perlman’s summer music program. She graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2007.

The same year as her graduation she became a member of the Minnesota Orchestra. During her time with the orchestra she also performed as a chamber musician and recitalist and in 2009 she played a recital at the Auditorium de Louvre which was her debut in Paris, France.

In 2016 she moved to the cello section of the National Symphony Orchestra, based at the Kennnedy Center in Washington D.C., while under the leadership of the music director Christoph Eschenbach.

Performing as a soloist she she played with many other orchestras that include the Kennett Symphony, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Pottstown Symphony and the Warminster Symphony Orchestra.

As a chamber musician she has performed with other members of the National Symphony Orchestra, at the Lakes Area Music Festival, in the Bravo! Big Sky music festival, in a series of chamber concerts during the pandemic and has been the Festival Manager at Chamber Music @ NewPark.

Recordings she has performed on include Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3, Copland: Billy the Kid; Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Walker: Sinfonia No. 1 and Walker: Sinfonia No. 4 by the National Symphony Orchestra and Music for Cats: Album Two/Music for Sharing by David Teie.

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