Hailed by the New York Times for his “Fearless, and Ebullient” performances cellist Alex Cox is one of the prominent chamber musicians of his generation. Having founded the Omer Quartet at 18 years old as well as serving as cellist of the Thalea Quartet he has performed internationally throughout the concert halls of Europe and North America.

He earned his degrees at the Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, and Cleveland Institute of Music as well as serving as a fellow at Yale University and the University of Maryland College Park, where he taught chamber music studies. His mentors include the members of the Brentano, Juilliard, Cleveland, and Emerson quartets as well as Laurence Lesser, Paul Katz, Timothy Eddy and Melissa Kraut.

He’s garnered international prizes from the Young Concert Artist Auditions, Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, Paolo Borciani Competition, and the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. He currently serves as artists in resident to the Fischoff Competition where he co-directs an annual chamber music intensive. In addition he is in residence each summer at the Lakes Area Music Festival where he performs and curates over a dozen community programs.

Cox resides in Philadelphia where he enjoys exploring the history of one of America’s great cities on walks with his dog George.