Diane

Diane Chaplin is a solo artist, chamber music cellist and nurturing music educator in Portland, Oregon. She can also be heard in solo and chamber music performances across the globe and tours with the Portland Cello Project as a featured artist. In recent years she has appeared as soloist with the Salem Philharmonia, Beaverton Symphony, Oregon Sinfonietta, Tualatin Valley Symphony, Sunnyside Symphony, Jewish Community Orchestra, Clark College Orchestra, and others. Diane has taught at Yale University, Bard College, Oberlin Conservatory, Lewis and Clark College and Linfield University and has given master classes in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, The Netherlands, Bosnia and Russia.

Diane holds a BFA degree from the California Institute of the Arts and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School. As a member of the Colorado Quartet for twenty years, Diane performed in more than 20 countries. The Quartet was the first all-female string quartet to perform the complete Beethoven Quartet cycle in both North America and Europe, and their critically acclaimed recordings of these works can be heard on the Parnassus label.

Diane holds a Special Prize from the International Cello Competition in Viña del Mar, Chile, and a Certificate from the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. She performs a “First Tuesday” solo cello livestream concert every month, available on her YouTube or Facebook, and over the course of three years has learned more than 200 pieces of solo cello repertoire. Diane has a large class of private students both online and in Portland, and teaches online technique classes through the Cello Refinery.