Walter Haman Cello Custom String Set
Larsen A Medium 1 Larsen Soloist D Medium 1 Belcanto G Chrome Steel Medium Belcanto C Tungsten Medium
$240.45
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Larsen A and D work for me because of their clarity, power, and depth. I use a regular A and a Solo D for balance. Like many cellos my A string is brighter than the D and the Solo D adds brilliance to match the A. Belcanto G and C are new to me. After using Spirocore for almost 20 years someone recently recommended these strings and I’ve been extremely impressed. They have a bit more “growl” than the Spirocore and have just as much focus and clarity. They are slightly more pliable which allows me to dig in more.
About Walter Haman
Walter Haman was born in Fresno, California where he began playing the cello at age 13. His first teacher was Nancy Skei. He later studied with Irene Sharp at the San Francisco Conservatory, Laurence Lesser at the New England Conservatory, and received fellowships to Tanglewood and the Aspen Music Festival . Since then he has performed extensively throughout North America and Europe, has been a guest cellist with Pink Martini, and has played with the San Francisco Symphony and the New Century Chamber Orchestra. He is a member of the Utah Symphony and Principal Cellist of Chicago’s Grant Park Orchestra.
From 1997 to 2000 Mr. Haman participated in the Spoleto Festival, Italy, where he was Principal Cellist of the Festival Orchestra, member of the Spoleto Festival String Quartet, and appeared as a soloist with the orchestra. He has also performed at the Crested Butte Music Festival, the Biennale of Venice, and since 2008 at the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago.
In 2000 Mr. Haman was Artist in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada. During his residency he was introduced to Montreal based dancer, choreographer Jose Navas. The two formed the Haman/Navas Project and spent the next two years performing in most of the major cities of Europe, Canada, and the United States. Their repertoire included music for solo cello by Zoltan Kodaly, Benjamin Britten and Alan Hovhaness. In 2003 filmmaker Laura Taler produced a documentary, “Perpetual Motion”, about the duo which has aired on Bravo. In 2011 they will collaborate on the music of J.S. Bach in Brugges, Belgium.
In addition to maintaining a small private studio he regularly gives masterclasses for the Utah Symphony Youth Guild, coaches the Utah Youth Symphony, and performs chamber music for the Intermezzo and NOVA Chamber Music Series.
He performs on an Italian cello c.1700.