Rupert A. Thompson

A composer and cellist, Rupert primarily spends his time as a member of The Apple Hill Chamber Players, an American chamber music ensemble based in New Hampshire. Highlights from his 2005/2006 performing season include concert tours in the countries of Ireland, England, Israel, Cyprus, Jordan, Turkey, Palestine, Malaysia, Vietnam, Burma, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia, and throughout the United States.

Having performed in such notable concert halls as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Moscow Conservatory's Great Hall, Rupert holds degrees from the Peabody Institute (BM) in Baltimore, Maryland, and SUNY Stony Brook of New York (MM and DMA).

A scholarship student of Mihaly Virizlay and Timothy Eddy, he has received a career grant from the Concert Artist Guild of New York City, as well as the C.D. Jackson Award of Merit from the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. Live radio broadcasts of his solo engagements include WFMT of Chicago and WQXR in New York City. Rupert performed all cello parts on The Sensation of Sight film score.

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