What is Bernard Greenhouse?
'''Bernard Greenhouse''' (born January 3, 1916; died May 13, 2011)<ref>Bernard Greenhouse - Obituary; The Independent 25 May 2011 Viewspaper p.8</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[Cello|cellist]]. He was particularly famous for playing [[chamber music]] and was one of the original members of the [[Beaux Arts Trio]] (a group of three musicians: a [[piano|pianist]], [[violin]]ist and cellist). ==Early life== Greenhouse was born in [[Newark, New Jersey]] to a musical family. He started to learn the [[cello]] when he was nine. He studied with [[Felix Salmond]] at the [[Juilliard School of Music]] in [[New York City]]. Then he studied with the great cellist [[Emmanuel Feuermann]]. He was also one of the very few students of the legendary cellist [[Pablo Casals]]. When he started his career he soon became the principal cellist of the [[CBS Symphony Orchestra]] from 1938-1942 and he also played chamber music with the Dorian String Quartet. After his studies with Casals he gave many solo recitals, but most of all he loved chamber music. == Career == In 1955, he met the violinist [[Daniel Guilet]] and the [[pianist]] [[Menahem Pressler]] in New York. Together they formed the [[Beaux Arts Trio]]. This group became a world famous trio. Bernard Greenhouse played with them until 1987. At the time there were a few string quartets who were famous, but the idea of having success as a piano trio seemed strange. However, Columbia Artists asked them to play in 10 concerts, then they were offered 80 concerts. Soon they were performing in [[Europe]] and then all over the world, giving about 130 concerts a year in the [[USA]] alone and making many recordings. Bernard Greenhouse taught at the [[Juilliard School|Julliard]] and [[Manhattan school of music|Manhattan]] schools of music in [[New York (state)|New York]] and at several other music schools in the USA. When he retired he went to live in [[Massachusetts]]. There he gave lessons to talented young players, never charging them fees. Greenhouse was given man