Joel Krosnick performed as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician around the world. Joining the Juilliard String Quartet in 1974, he performed the great quartet literature throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. With his sonata partner of more than 30 years, pianist Gilbert Kalish, Mr. Krosnick performed recitals throughout the U. S. and Europe. Beginning in 1976, they gave an annual series of recitals in New York City and in 2007 presented the series “American Milestones of the Last 100 Years” at The Juilliard School.

With Mr. Kalish, Mr. Krosnick recorded the complete sonatas and variations of Beethoven and the sonatas of Brahms as well as works by Poulenc, Prokofiev, Carter, Hindemith, Debussy, Janácek and Cowell for the Arabesque label. Especially noteworthy is their CD devoted to the cello and piano music of Ralph Shapey. Released in January 2012 is a CD, Forgotten Americans, featuring the music of Ernst Bacon, Otto Luening, Hall Overton, and Ben Weber.

Mr. Krosnick completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at Columbia College where he began his lifelong commitment to contemporary music. He performed and premiered a large number of new works by composers including Donald Martino, Ralph Shapey and Richard Wernick. Joel Krosnick’s recording of the Sonata for Solo Cello by Artur Schnabel appears on the CP2 label, and his CD of Roger Sessions’ Six Pieces for Solo Cello is presented on Koch Classics.

A dedicated teacher, Mr. Krosnick was chair of the cello department of The Juilliard School and was a member of the faculty of Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in Maine. He has been associated with the Aspen, Marlboro and Tanglewood music festivals, and appeared for the third time as a member of the artist-faculty of the Piatigorsky Seminar at the University of Southern California. A recipient of the Chevalier du Violoncelle Award from the Eva Janzer Memorial Cello Center at the Indiana University School of Music, Mr. Krosnick held honorary doctoral degrees from Michigan State University, Jacksonville University, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.