Dane Johansen
cello

As the winner of The Juilliard School's Concerto Competition, Dane Johansen recently appeared as a soloist under James Levine at Lincoln Center, performing Elliott Carter's Cello Concerto. Other recent engagements include solo appearances with the Houston Symphony following his prizewinning performance in the 2007 Ima Hogg Competition.

He has appeared as orchestral soloist and in recital throughout the United States and Europe, notably in Benaroya Hall in Seattle, and at The Sibelius Academy in Finland. Dane has been invited to prestigious festivals internationally, including The Marlboro Music Festival, The Steans Institute for Young Artists at Ravinia, Musique de Chambre ‡ Giverny and the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, where he was featured as an Emerging Artist.

At the age of 16, Dane was invited to the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Richard Aaron. While in Cleveland, Dane won first prizes in the CIM Concerto Competition, and the Cleveland Cello Society Competition.

He continued his studies at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris with Michel Strauss and is currently a student of Joel Krosnick and Darrett Adkins at The Juilliard School. Dane is also privileged to study privately with legendary cellist, Bernard Greenhouse. He was recently invited to perform at the 2007 Kronberg Cello Festival in memory of Mistislav Rostropovich.