Aurelia Marie

Aurelia Faidley-Solars is a 15-year-old American cellist gaining international recognition as a young concert artist. She studies at Juilliard with Zvi Plesser and is a recipient of The Jacobs Scholarship of Music. A 2023-2024 From the TopFellow and the youngest Beare’s International Artist, she recently opened for Ray Chen at The Colburn School and is the youngest winner of the 2025 YoungArts Competition.

Aurelia made her orchestra debut at age 10 in Switzerland and has since performed with orchestras across the U.S. and Europe, including the London Concert Sinfonia, the Hamburg State Orchestra, and the NY Chamber Players at Carnegie Hall. A champion of new music, she premiered Canzoni Burlesche by Alessandro Spazzoli and performed Carlos Simon’s Lickety Split.

She has won numerous competitions, including first place in Nouvelles Étoiles (Paris) and ArsClassical (Rome), and is the youngest prizewinner in the Ronald Sachs International Competition.