Christopher Haritatos

Baroque Cello

Christopher Haritatos, baroque cello, holds degrees from the University of Chicago, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Eastman School of Music, and also studied with Jaap ter Linden as a Fulbright Scholar at the Akademie fuer Alte Musik in Bremen. He has performed with numerous early music ensembles throughout Europe, the US and Japan, including The City Musick, Dresdner Barockorchester, Das Neue Orchester, Tafelmusik, ARTEK, Dallas Bach Society, Concert Royal, New York Collegium, Context (Houston), and Pegasus, and has recorded with Fiori Musicali-Barockorchester Bremen, La Dolcezza, The Publick Musick, Apollo's Fire and Andrew Lawrence-King's "The Harp Consort." Chris also plays modern cello and has played with groups such as the Austin Lyric Opera Orchestra (as prinicipal cellist), Rochester Philharmonic, and Syracuse Symphony. He has been a cello/bass coach for the Early Music program at the University of North Texas, and has taught at Texas State University-San Marcos since 2003.