Isaac Pagano Toub

Isaac Pagano-Toub is a cellist and composer based in the NY/Boston area. He is currently pursuing his masters at New England Conservatory with Paul Katz. Before that, he studied at the Eastman School of Music with David Ying and at the Chamber Music Center of New York with Sibylle Johner in high school. He has spent his summers at Meadowmount School of Music, Bowdoin International Music Festival and Castleman Quartet Program. Isaac has played in masterclasses with Arnaud Sussman, John Manasse, Clive Greensmith, Natasha Brofsky, and Claudio Bohórquez and played in venues such as Carnegie Hall and Kodak Hall. In 2021 he won the Make Music Alliance’s 2021 Young Composers Contest. In 2022, Isaac won the Eastman School of Music cello concerto competition and performed with the Eastman Philharmonia Orchestra. Also in 2022, Isaac received a spot on the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra sub list, where he plays regularly.