Erin
Lupardus

Erin Lupardus (*1996) is a cellist, researcher, and English teacher hailing from Oklahoma, USA. She has performed with various ensembles in Carnegie Hall, the Strathmore Music Center, the Oklahoma Civic Center, the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, and the White House. Alongside artistic projects, she undertakes research in the fields of historical musicology and baroque performance practice.

Erin earned her Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance and German, magna cum laude, at DePauw University in Indiana. Following a Fulbright US Student grant to research historical performance practice for the 2018–2019 academic year, she completed her Master of Arts in Baroque Cello Performance at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, where her master’s thesis on the influence of Italian cellists in 18^th century England was nominated for the UNIsono Masterpreis. She has studied cello with Claire Pottinger-Schmidt, Catherine Jones, Guy Fishman, Joanna Blendulf, Eric Edberg, Josef Luitz, Tomasz Zięba, and Jonathan Ruck. Currently, she is pursuing an academic doctorate at ABPU and works as University Assistant and for the Research Services.