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Joshua Roman leaves Seattle

The Seattle Times reports that the Seattle Symphony’s principal cellist/wunderkid, Joshua Roman, is leaving for the greener pastures of a solo career. He’s had an interesting career so far:

Roman never planned on a career in the Seattle Symphony. Following his graduation with a master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2006, he decided to audition in Seattle as a sort of practice round for later auditions in San Diego, San Francisco and Cleveland. “I thought I’d play and maybe be OK, and then see how I did next time,” he told The Times after he won. “I was amazed to be one of four finalists, then actually the winner. There was a lot of discussion about my age.”

No doubt the rest of his career will be equally interesting. He’s one to watch.