biography

Cellist Christopher Glansdorp began studies in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1975. After receiving performance degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Akron, he joined the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida. As co-principal cellist for three years, Chris performed on their tours of Japan and the United Kingdom and their first three CD releases.

Chris currently plays as Principal Cello with the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra, the Symphonia Boca Raton, and Assistant Principal Cello with the Atlantic Classical Orchestra. He maintains an active schedule performing as a substitute with the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, the South Florida Symphony Orchestra, and a Guest Musician with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina. Chris has performed with the Akron Symphony, the Des Moines Metro Opera, the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, Palm Beach Symphony, Florida Grand Opera, and is a veteran pit musician in regional stops of Broadway touring productions including The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, My Fair Lady, and Matilda.

A prolific studio musician, Chris can be heard in the string section on albums including those of Busta Rhymes, Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb, Natalie Cole, Julio Iglesias, Placido Domingo, Michael Jackson, and Gloria Estefan, with solo credits on recordings of Shakira, Cristian Castro, Clay Aiken, Juan Luis Guerra, and the 2000 & 2001 Latin Grammy Record of the Year winners Alejandro Sanz and La Ley. He was a featured guest artist on the 2007 Latin Grammy winner Ricky Martin: MTV Unplugged, playing four songs with string quartet and three songs as solo cellist. Chris served on the Board of Governors of the Florida Chapter of The Recording Academy for two years.