Anne Richardson was appointed to the San Francisco Symphony as Associate Principal Cello by music director Esa-Pekka Salonen at the beginning of the 2024–25 season. As a soloist, she made her Lincoln Center debut at the age of 19, performing Henri Dutilleux’s Cello Concerto, “Tout un monde Lointain..”, with the Juilliard Orchestra under the baton of Alan Gilberg at David Geffen Hall. Additional solo appearances include concerts with the Louisville Orchestra, Massapequa Philharmonic, Bryan Symphony Orchestra, and Juilliard’s Pre-College Symphony, among others. She has been featured by Lincoln Center’s Great Performance Circle, Juilliard in Aiken Festival, and Vail International Dance Festival, and has also performed extensively as a chamber musician at the Nymphenburger Sommer in Munich, Tegernsee International Music Festival, Wasserburg Rathauskonzerte Series, Rome Chamber Music Festival, Kneisel Hall, United Nations Chamber Music Society, and with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players.
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Richardson completed bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the Juilliard School as a student of Richard Aaron, and earned a doctor of musical arts at the University of Michigan. She was previously an academy fellow with the Bavarian Radio Symphony in Munich, Germany and has performed with the Verbier Festival Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and Pittsburgh Symphony. She was named the Kentucky Center’s Gheens Artist in Residence in 2019 and was a guest faculty member and artist in residence at the 2018 Tennessee Cello Workshop and the Domaine Forget Academy.