Barry Gold

Cello

Member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1982

Los Angeles-born cellist Barry Gold, a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1982, began cello studies with Gretchen Geber.

A Young Musicians Foundation scholarship recipient, Gold began his performing career as a member of the YMF Debut Orchestra of Los Angeles; while still a teenager, he was a member of a piano trio that won a prestigious first prize at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition in Pasadena. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School. 

Gold has participated in the Tanglewood and Victoria, BC, festivals; the Mainly Mozart Festival; and the Steamboat Springs Festival in Colorado. He has appeared as soloist with the LA Phil under the baton of André Previn in Michael Tippett’s Triple Concerto and under Harry Bicket in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Violins and Two Cellos.

Gold was a teaching assistant to Lynn Harrell at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music and Adjunct Professor of Cello at UCLA.

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