Los Angeles-born cellist Barry Gold, a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1982, began studying cello with Gretchen Geber.  A Young Musician’s Foundation scholarship recipient, Gold began his performing career as a member of the YMF Debut Orchestra of Los Angeles, and while still a teenager, was a member of a piano trio than won a prestigious Coleman Chamber Music Prize.  He earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Juilliard School of Music, which awarded him with the Eduard Steuermann Memorial Prize; he also studied chamber music with Felix Galimir and members of the Juilliard String Quartet.

Prior to joining the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gold participated in the Tanglewood and Victoria (B.C.) summer festivals and was a member of both the Pasadena and Long Beach Symphonies.  He has appeared as a soloist with the Philharmonic, is a frequent performer at Philharmonic Chamber Music concerts, and has participated in a number of premieres on Philharmonic New Music  Group programs.  He is also featured with the New Music Group on the recording of John Harbison’s The Natural World.  He is a member of Trio West, along with violinist Mark Baranov and pianist Lina Targonsky.  In the summer of 1992, he was among those Philharmonic musicians in residence at the Festival Bahnhof Rolandseck in Bonn, Germany.  He is currently a visiting Assistant Professor of Cello at UCLA.