ANDOVER, Mass.—Cellist Lynn Harrell will be on campus Feb. 19-20 as the 2004-05 Kayden Guest Artist, meeting and working with Phillips Academy students and faculty. He will conduct a master class at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, in the Timken Room, Graves Hall, and give a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, in Cochran Chapel. These free events, which are open to the public, are made possible by the generosity of the Bernard and Mildred Kayden Fund, established by the Kayden family to bring distinguished artists to Phillips Academy and the community.

The master-class will feature Meta '05, Kevin '06, John '08 and Marina '07. The Sunday concert program will include the music of J.S. Bach, Hindemith, Beethoven and Saint-Saëns. Faculty member Peter Warsaw will join Harrell in the performance of the Beethoven A Major Sonata. The Academy Chamber Orchestra will accompany him in the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto. Although both events are free, a ticket is required for the Sunday concert. For ticket information, call 978-749-4995.

Harrell has performed with orchestras throughout the world, including a three-week "Lynn Harrell Cello Festival" with the Hong Kong Philharmonic. He regularly collaborates with such noted conductors as James Levine, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Yuri Temirkanov, Michael Tilson Thomas and Sir Neville Marriner. In 2004, Harrell, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist André Previn appeared with the New York Philharmonic performing the Beethoven Triple Concerto with Masur conducting. He has spent his summers performing and teaching at the Aspen Music Festival for nearly 50 years. With Itzhak Perlman and Vladimir Ashkenazy, Harrell was awarded two Grammy Awards. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the first Avery Fisher Award. Harrell plays a 1720 Montagnana cello.