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Born in Colorado, Evan Orman studied cello at the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Banff Centre In Canada, and the New England Conservatory. His teachers include Colin Carr, Eleanor Shoenfeld and Robert Marsh. He has performed in master classes for Yo Yo Ma, Janos Starker and the Guarneri Quartet and has worked closely with violinist Louis Krasner and composer Iannis Xenakis.
In Boston, Evan appeared regularly with the contemporary music group Alea III, and was involved in the North American premiers of Erwin Schulhoff’s String Quartet No. 2 and Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (in which he was a soloist) under the direction of Gunther Schuller. Concerto appearances also include performances with the Denver Chamber Orchestra, the Fort Collins Symphony and the Calgary Philharmonic. He has also performed recently with the Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra, the University of Colorado School of Music Orchestra, and the Ars Nova Singers.
He was a recipient of the Young Musician’s Foundation grant, and was a semi-finalist in the Janos Starker- Aldo Parisot International Cello Competition in Brazil. He also was the winner of the 1989 Banff Centre Concerto Competition.
In July of 2005, he performed with faculty and students from the Music Institute of Chicago as a member of Sinfonietta Vita Pacifica in concerts in Minas Gerias, Brazil.
An enthusiast of Argentine tango, Evan has studied tango music and the bandoneon, an instrument that is a member of the concertina family, in Buenos Aires through a grant from Tango Colorado, and plays in his Denver-based group, Extasis. Among other appearances, he has performed as bandoneon soloist with the University of Colorado symphony orchestra and with Camerata Chicago. He performs on a bandoneon by Alfred Arnold, ca. 1939.
In addition to his musical activities, Evan has enjoyed considerable success as a maker and restorer of bows for violin, viola, and cello and currently maintains a shop in Denver.
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