. . . artistic responsibility of a rare kind. -- San Francisco Chronicle

. . . a highly expressive cellist. -- New York Times

Cellist Bonnie Hampton leads an active music life as a chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. A founding member of the Naumberg Award-winning Francesco Trio, she also has performed as part of the Hampton-Schwartz Duo with her late husband, pianist Nathan Schwartz. Her solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra was followed by appearances with orchestras nationally performing the entire standard repertoire and most of the 20th Century concertos written for the cello. She has been involved in performances of new music since the beginning of her career and has had the opportunity to work with many composers including Armer, Carter, Chaitkin, Copland, Dallapiccola, Davidovsky, Harbison, Imbrie, Kim, Kirschner, Kodaly, Mann, Milhaud, Powell, Shifrin and Turok. Her chamber music guest artist appearances have included performances with the Julliard, Guarneri, Cleveland, Mendelssohn, Alexander, Budapest and Griller String Quartets.

A Student of Pablo Casals, she participated for many years in the Casals and Marlboro festivals. She has also performed at the Chamber Music West, Seattle, Ravinia, and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festivals. Currently she is involved in the summer programs at the Tanglewood Music Center and the Yellow Barn Festival. Her early studies were with Margaret Rowell, the Griller String Quartet and Zara Nelsova.

Ms. Hampton has taught at Mills College, Grinnell College, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, and at the San Francisco Conservatory for thirty years. She is a past president of Chamber Music America. In September 2003 she joined the faculty at The Juilliard School.

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