Peyton Magalhaes

Brazilian-American cellist Peyton Hall Magalhaes is a sought after chamber musician and solo performer. Born and raised in Lithuania to an American mother and Brazilian-American father, Magalhaes was exposed to three diverse cultural and musical traditions. Magalhaes has performed and competed on stages in Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, and across the United States. Some of his most notable accomplishments include first place at the “Ars Lituanica” competition in Vilnius, Lithuania, winning a cello, playing at the Ryman in Nashville, TN, and performing a solo at the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Recently he was invited to play the Friederich Gulda cello concerto at the National Philharmonic in Lithuania. Magalhaes obtained his bachelor’s degree from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in cello performance at the University of Colorado Boulder with professor David Requiro and serves as one of his teaching assistants.