Laura Melnicoff – Cellist – Crown Heights, NY
A native New Yorker, Laura has been playing cello since the age of 6. Currently in her senior year of undergraduate study at the Mannes College of Music, Laura started keeping Shabbos in her freshman year of college. While continuing to perform at classical music venues such as Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, the Merkin Concert Hall, and Alice Tully Hall, as well music festivals in the U.S., Europe, and Israel, Laura has also been branching out into Jewish music. She performed with Matisyahu in 2008 and 2009; at the International Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchos Conference in 2011; and regularly at farbrengens in Crown Heights at Machon Chana and Beis Rivkah High School. Upcoming performances include at the 15th Anniversary Gala for Chabad of Columbia University, the Chabad Shluchos Conference 2012, and Laura’s graduation recital at the Mannes College of Music. Additionally, Laura has been invited to be a Artist in Residence of 2012 at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
The Chamber of Song / Heichal Haneginah, a book of stories, talks, correspondence, and trivia about the songs of the Chabad Chassidim
Representative Audio Clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KETdrPXq7hY