Eileen Moon

Cellist Eileen Moon, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, enjoyed the musical community of the Peninsula, studying with Frances Bennion and Irene Sharp. She was a student in the Pre-College Department of the San Francisco Conservatory, and was a member of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, touring Europe as both a member and soloist. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School, followed by studies at the Hochschule fur Musik in Vienna, Austria. She received 2nd Prize at the Geneva International Competition in 1991, performing with l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Orchestre de Grenoble. Upon her return to California in 1993, Eileen won 4th Prize (the highest award given that year) at the Tchaikovsky International Cello Competition in Moscow, Russia. Thereafter, she was a substitute cellist with the San Francisco Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and won the position of section cello at the New York Philharmonic in 1998. In 2007, she was named Associate Principal Cello with the New York Philharmonic, and enjoyed years of chamber music, performances, and festivals performing with internationally acclaimed soloists and conductors.

Ms. Moon has served as Executive Assistant to the President at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and currently works on the Development team at Festival Napa Valley. In addition, she is an active freelancer and enjoys all things community, the outdoors, and her team of dogs.