Through many years of high level playing and performing throughout America, Zoe Hardel, cellist, has developed a platform for music making in New York City. Her most recent achievement is with Carnegie Hall’s New York String Orchestra, performing two concerts of Beethoven and Mozart in the Isaac Stern auditorium. Other performances include a solo concert for the Portland Bach Experience, a European tour with NEC’s premiere youth orchestra, and a debut with the Portland String Quartet for the inauguration of Maine governor Janet Mills, among others. She has attended summer festivals including Bowdoin International Music Festival, Montecito International Music Festival, and Meadowmount School of Music, and was the recipient of the Katherine Graffman scholarship award and the Johnson music scholarship. Zoe has played for cellists such as Lynn Harrell, Hannah Roberts, and Steven Doane in masterclasses and festivals. She holds a degree from the Manhattan School of Music, and is currently pursuing her graduate degree at the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of professor Steven Doane.