Claire Solomon is a professional musician based in Charleston, SC. She performs regularly with the Charleston Symphony and the Sarasota Orchestra. She toured the United States with the Weimar Staatskapelle, and has spent many summers performing in the Aspen Music Festival. She frequently collaborates with preeminent musicians, and performs as part of the Gossamer Trio with harpist Nancy Allen and flutist Carol Wincenc. Claire is a graduate of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where she won the 2017 Cello Competition to perform the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1. She earned a Bachelor's degree in psychology from Yale University, where she was co-Principal Cello of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, and played with the all-cello rock group Low Strung.

Her cello teachers have included Eric Kim (Jacobs School), Richard Aaron (Juilliard), Alan Harris (Eastman), Maria Kisoupolos (NY Philharmonic), Eric Bartlett (NY Philharmonic), and Wolfram Koessel (American String Quartet).

Claire has taught for over 10 years, beginning with local community service and growing to teach as part of the Aspen Music Festival PALS program. She maintains a full private studio while balancing chamber and orchestral engagements. She lives and breathes the cello, and can't wait to share that passion with you.