Parry Karp

Cellist Parry Karp is known as the longest-standing member of the Pro Arte Quartet, having joined the group in 1976. He is also noted as a solo player and an educator. During Karp's recording career as a soloist, he has specialized in little-known music for cello. In 2025, however, he released a recording of one of the best-known cello-and-orchestra works, Ernest Bloch's Schelomo. Karp was born in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1954, and except for some periods during his training, he has spent most of his life there. His parents, Howard and Frances Karp, were both pianists and educa...