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Bernard Greenhouse was born in New Jersey and studied for four years at the Juilliard School with the English cellist Felix Salmond. After graduating he continued his studies with Emanuel Feuermann and Diran Alexanian, and earned resounding critical acclaim with his New York recital debut at Town Hall. He then auditioned for Pablo Casals, which resulted in two years of study with the great Spanish master. Casals wrote, "Bernard Greenhouse is not only a remarkable cellist, but what I esteem more, a dignified artist."
Mr. Greenhouse has since won a reputation as one of the major interpreters of his instrument, making appearances in most of the major cities of Europe and America in recital, with orchestras and chamber music ensembles, and recording for CRI, CBS, RCA, Philips, Concert Hall, and the American Recording Society. He has been a member of faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, from which he received an honorary doctorate, and has also taught at the Juilliard School and at the Indiana University summer school. Recently retired emeritus from his position as professor at the Rutgers University and from the New England Conservatory, he now teaches master classes in the USA, Canada, Asia and Europe. He was a cellist with the Bach Aria Group and, for 32 years, a founding member of the Beaux Arts trio.
His varied career has brought him recognition both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. He has been awarded the National Service Award by Chamber Music America, the Distinguished Cellist Award from Indiana University, and in 1996, along with Mstislav Rostropovich, the Award of Distinction at the RNCM Manchester International Cello Festival.
Mr. Greenhouse plays the famed "Paganini" Stradivarius cello dated 1707.
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