About Anthony
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Anthony De Clara began his cello studies at age seven with Rebecca Morton, and later with Paul Widner and Paul Marleyn. He was a member of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra for two years, taking part in a side-by-side tour with the Toronto Symphony in 2017.
A winner of the Marvin Gelber Award and 2nd prize winner at the McGill Chamber Competition, he was also invited, as part of the Asteío Trio, to be a faculty member at the 2023 Vid Djupid Festival in Isafjördur, Iceland.
His summer festival credits include Orford Music Academy, Domaine Forget, ENCORE Summer Academy, the Kent Blossom Music Festival, the Online Solo Strings Intensive, the Hidden Valley Cello Seminar with Mark Kosower, and the inaugural CelloWorld Festival in Vienna. In addition, he was also a fellow at the Texas Music Festival in Houston and an Emerging Artist Fellow at the Garth Newel Music Center. He has collaborated with musicians including members of the Formosa Quartet, David Kaplan, Jean Desmarais, Yehonatan Berick, Aisslinn Nosky, Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, Susan Dubois, Dana Kelley, Fitz Gary and played under conductors including Peter Oundjian, Hans Graf, Daniel Reith and David Robertson. Special performances include Mozart Haus and the Palais Pálffy in Vienna, Maison symphonique in Montreal and the Blossom Music Center in Northeast Ohio.
Anthony has worked with many of today’s most distinguished cellists and pedagogues, including Johannes Moser, Jean-Michel Fonteneau, Paul Watkins, Clive Greensmith, David Ying, Melissa Kraut, Hannah Roberts, Philippe Muller, Hans Jensen, Joanna Cole, Colin Carr, Eric Kim, Zlatomir Fung, Gary Hoffman, Michel Strauss and Amit Peled, as well as the principal cellists of the Toronto Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic.
Anthony studied at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music with Brian Manker, earning a Master’s degree and a Graduate Diploma. Other important mentors include Joseph Johnson and Mark Kosower.