Rainer Eudeikis
Instrumental Focus
- cello
Rainer Eudeikis was appointed principal cellist of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 2019. He was previously principal cellist of the Utah Symphony for five seasons, and has performed in the same role at the Mainly Mozart Festival, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, and Central City Opera. Recent performance highlights include Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major with the Atlanta Symphony, Schumann’s Cello Concerto, Strauss’s Don Quixote with the Utah Symphony, and Beethoven’s G minor Cello Sonata with pianist Emanuel Ax.
Mr. Eudeikis has participated in numerous international festivals, including the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (Germany), Britten-Pears Programme at Aldeburgh (United Kingdom), and the Académie Musicale Internationale de Vaison-la-Romaine (France). Rainer was a two-year fellowship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and was a member of the New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, where he was principal cellist in 2011.
Born in Texas, Rainer began cello studies at age six. Following studies in Colorado with Jurgen de Lemos, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan as a student of Richard Aaron. He later earned a master’s degree studying with Eric Kim at Indiana University, and in 2014 completed his Artist Diploma at the Curtis Institute of Music, studying with Carter Brey and Peter Wiley.