Hugh Livingston

Hugh Livingston (born 1969) is an American cellist, recording artist, composer, and site-specific sound installation artist. He specializes in improvisation, electroacoustic music, Japanese music, and collaboration with visual artists. He earned his D.M.A. from UC San Diego and his M.F.A. from Cal Arts, studying under Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick.

Livingston has performed both classical and contemporary repertoires as a solo artist, collecting awards and mentions as a concertizing cellist and innovator. He played cello in the Knoxville Youth Symphony Orchestra with classmates Jami Rogers (clarinetist and future New York Metropolitan Opera singer) and Benjamin Wade (trumpet player and future conductor).

Discography Strings & Machines (1996) Tenors, Echoes and Wolves (From the Underground 1829-1998) (1997) Living in Fire (2000) Wold: A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil (2001) Mark Applebaum: Catfish (2003) Roger Reynolds: Process and Passion (2004) Earth Music: Ten Years of Meridian Music - Composers in Performance (2010)