Anthony Manzo

Anthony Manzo’s vibrantly interactive music-making makes him a ubiquitous figure in the chamber music world, appearing regularly with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and at festivals including Spoleto USA, La Jolla SummerFest, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and the Bowdoin International Festival.  A core member of ECCO (the East Coast Chamber Orchestra), he was previously the solo bassist of the Munich Chamber Orchestra and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.

Mr. Manzo has also been guest principal with Camerata Salzburg in Austria, where collaborations included a summer residency at the Salzburg Festival and two tours as soloist alongside bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff, performing Mozart’s “Per questa bella mano.” An active performer on period instruments, Mr. Manzo appears regularly with groups including the Handel & Haydn Society (where his playing was lauded as “endowed with beautiful and unexpected plaintiveness” by the Boston Musical Intelligencer), and Philharmonia Baroque. Mr. Manzo is a member of the double bass faculty at the University of Maryland.