Biography
Always looking for new ways of expression, Amber can often be found alongside musicians who cross genres, including the singer Gabriel Rios, pianist Jef Neve, Blue Note artist Jose James and BMG artist Jonathan Jeremiah.
Amber has written and performed music for her collaboration with theatre director/playwright Bryan Davidson Blue and has been performed at the historic Cherry Lane Theatre.
After graduating with honours from the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, where she studied with Dmitri Ferschtman, Amber moved to New York, with the aid of the Fulbright Foundation. She continued her studies with Colin Carr at Stony Brook University and David Geber at the Manhattan School of Music, from where she graduated with a Master’s degree, the Pablo Casals Award, and the Van Lier Award.
Amber is the first prize winner of the 2008 National Cello Competition in Amsterdam which is held during the Cello Biennale Amsterdam and recipient of the Samuel Mayes Memorial Cello Award from the Tanglewood Music Center. She has given recitals all over the world, from Carnegie Hall in New York to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. With her broad sound and complete conviction, Amber leaves audiences wanting more, or as the prominent Dutch newspaper the Volkskrant wrote: “…the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ shook from all the ovations.”
Amber has been signed to the record label Brilliant Classics and successfully released her debut CD 'Flavours' in 2012.
Her latest collaboration will be with the multitalented musician Ruben Samama. A devoted chamber musician, she is part of the Sequenza String Trio
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