Artistic Directors

David Finckel and Wu Han

The Martin Family Artistic Directorship

Music@Menlo Founders and Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han lead multifaceted careers as concert performers, recording artists, educators, arts administrators, and cultural entrepreneurs, placing them in the ranks of today’s most esteemed and influential classical musicians. Their busy seasons include performances as a duo and as chamber musicians (including, in David Finckel’s case, over one hundred concerts annually as cellist of the Emerson String Quartet) and appearances in the world’s most prestigious concert series and festivals. The duo’s repertoire spans the entire literature for cello and piano, and the musicians’ commitment to new music has brought commissioned works by Bruce Adolphe, Lera Auerbach, Gabriela Lena Frank, Augusta Read Thomas, Pierre Jalbert, and George Tsontakis to audiences around the world. Since 2004, David Finckel and Wu Han have served as Artistic Directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Their wide-ranging musical activities also have included the launch of ArtistLed, classical music’s first musician-directed and Internet-based recording company. The trend-setting industry innovation recently released its twelfth recording, For David and Wu Han. All of the label’s recordings have received critical acclaim and are available via the ArtistLed Web site at www.artistled.com. In recent years, David Finckel and Wu Han have become widely recognized for their initiatives in expanding audiences for classical music and for guiding the careers of countless young musicians. Their recent initiatives have led to the establishment of two new multiyear teaching residencies in Seoul, Korea, and Taipei, Taiwan.