Assistant Principal Cello

MSO First Season: 2006-2007
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Milena Albrecht, a native of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, has been the assistant principal cellist of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra since August 2006. Prior to joining the MSO, she was a cellist at the New World Symphony for 3 years under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.  Mrs. Albrecht was also a member of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. With the GMYO she had the pleasure to work with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Mariss Jansons, Pierre Boulez and Franz Welser-Most touring all over Europe, the United States, Cuba, and South America. In 2002 she was accepted as a fellow to the Tanglewood Music Center where young musicians receive intensive music training with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In the Summer of 2007 she participated in the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, CO.

Mrs. Albrecht holds a Bachelors degree from the Academy of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria  and a Master's degree from the University of Nevada.

Locally, She teaches cello at the Maxine Moore Music Academy, part of Christ Methodist Day School, gives private lessons and regularly performs chamber music in different venues and halls in the Memphis area.