Bryant Gozali is an Indonesian cellist currently based in Jakarta. He is the co-Principal Cellist at the Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra and specializes in chamber music.
Beginning at age 9, Bryant discovered his affinity for the instrument, then being accepted under the wing of Professor Su Li, Director of the Xiamen University Arts Department, as his protégé. Through his astuteness and Bryant’s early adroitness, he placed second in the Ai Qin Bei National Cello Competition in China in 2004 and 2006. In 2007, he studied under Hermina Ilano, the former Associate Principal Cellist of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Thereafter, he was appointed as Principal Cellist of his school orchestra and the Orchestra of the Music Makers conducted by Singaporean maestro, Chan Tze Law. Bryant continued to collaborate with his peers, both in and out of school, earning several awards– including Gold medals at the Singapore Youth Festival Orchestra competition in 2007 and 2009, as well as the HSBC Youth Excellence Award for The Orchestra of the Music Makers in the same year, further cementing him as an accomplished young artist and soloist, while garnering commendations as an efficacious leader in his youth.
In 2010, Bryant moved to the United States to take private lessons from the Principal Cellist of the San Diego Symphony, and the cellist of the Great Wall String Quartet, Yao Zhao. Having won the concerto competition at the Great Wall International Music Academy in 2011, he was then invited to play Saint-Saens’ first Cello Concerto in A minor with the Great Wall Soloist Orchestra in 2012.
Bryant graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2015, guided by Stephen Geber, the former Principal Cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra. Supervised by Grammy award-winning Antonio Lysy, he completed his Masters in Music in Cello Performance at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in 2017.
His studies continued, aided by several more renowned musicians such as Hans Jørgen Jensen, Paul Katz, and Philippe Muller. Bryant was invited to play many orchestral and solo concerts in several countries, resulting in the reception of more additions to an already stellar list of accolades, where he had now officially been recognized as a studious, demonstrably devoted, and highly praised cellist.
Currently a member of the Jakarta Trio alongside violinist Giovani Biga and pianist Carla Suharto, and the Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra, Bryant continues to perform most regularly at the Aula Simfonia Jakarta, where he debuted with a solo performance of Haydn’s First Cello Concerto in C in 2010. He attributes his most formative years of study to their accompaniment and his own and credits his time there as a driving force for his passion for the performing arts.
While publicizing many programs and events in hopes of bringing recognition to the art in Indonesia, promoting chamber music is his true passion, for the camaraderie it establishes with his colleagues is one of the foundations for creating consummate symphonies.
A teacher at the University Pelita Harapan and in his private studio, Bryant humbly strives for esteem through further instrumental philanthropy and diligence - a life of dedication in giving back to those who've trained him in the universal language of music, not just by having it reach those that are articulate, but blessing all people who wish to hear and understand its beauty, while he pursues his dream of one-day achieving greatness.
Bryant’s instruments include a Chinese cello made by Ling Zhen Hua and a Cremona cello made by Luca Bastiani.
