Hannah Moses

Praised for her sensitivity and beauty of sound, cellist Hannah Moses has performed worldwide both as a soloist and as a founding member of the Callisto Quartet. A Cleveland native, Hannah holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where her teachers have included Richard Weiss, Melissa Kraut and Norman Fischer. As cellist of the Callisto Quartet, Hannah enjoys an active concert schedule and has appeared at venues and festivals across the globe, including the Ravinia Festival, the Kennedy Center, the Heidelberg String Quartet Festival and more. Callisto has garnered top prizes at many major international chamber music competitions, including Grand Prize at the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Second Prize at the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition and prizes at the Bordeaux, Melbourne and Wigmore Hall Competitions.

A committed educator, Hannah assisted in creating a unique chamber music curriculum with the Callisto Quartet entitled “Chamber Music Deconstructed”, which has been successfully received in schools across the country. Hannah is currently on cello and chamber music faculty at Kent State University’s Glauser School of Music, and has previously served on cello faculty at the Cleveland Music School Settlement, Aurora School of Music and the Westport Suzuki School. Hannah has been actively involved in chamber music coaching at CIM’s Young Artist Program, of which she is a graduate, and has taught as summer faculty at Rocky Ridge Music, Credo Chamber Music, Bravo International Music Festival and the Hudson Montessori School Chamber Music Intensive.

When not traveling with the Callisto Quartet, Hannah enjoys running, rock climbing, and doing the New York Times crossword with her fiancé, Nathaniel.