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Residence: Grosse Pointe Farms Hometown: Oklahoma City, OK Joined the DSO: October, 2002 Spouse: Elizabeth Children: Paul (5), Annette (3) Pets: Augie, 9 year-old Miniature Pinscher Hobbies: Reading, cooking, composing, writing. Active Organizations: AF of M Local 5 Praised by The New York Times as “an artist who makes one hang on every note,” Robert deMaine has distinguished himself as one of the finest and most versatile cellists of his generation, having performed to critical acclaim as soloist, recitalist, orchestral principal, recording artist, and chamber musician throughout the world, from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York to the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. A first-prize winner in many national and international competitions from the time he was 12 years old, in 1990 deMaine became the first cellist ever to win San Francisco’s prestigious Irving M. Klein International Competition for Strings. A fourth-generation string player, Robert deMaine was born in Oklahoma City to a military and musical family of French (Franco-Belgian) and Polish extraction and was introd to the cello at the age of four. DeMaine is a fellowship alumnus of Yale University and the Eastman School of Music, and has also studied at the Meadowmount School of Music, Marlboro Music School and Festival, and the Juilliard School. A much sought after music teacher and coach, deMaine has led master classes worldwide, and has taught cello, chamber music, and orchestral repertoire. Additionally, he maintains a very select studio of private students. Mr. deMaine is also a composer, having written much music for his own instrument which he often performs, including a set of Twelve Études-Caprices from 1999. From 2002–2010, Robert deMaine has been the Principal Cellist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, occupying the James C. Gordon endowed chair. Mr. deMaine has served in the same capacity with the New York String Orchestra, Neeme Järvi’s All-Star Mahler Orchestra at the Riverside Church in New York, Hartford Symphony Orchestra and Connecticut Opera, and was Visiting Principal of the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra in Boston and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Robert deMaine makes his home in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan with his wife, Elizabeth, and two children, Paul and Annette. |
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