After a NYC appearance
- New York Times
With a bow and fingers as light as feathers Stephen Kat z makes a cello bring out meanings you might not have suspected were there.

Producer's take
- Miles, The Warm Room, Northampton , MA
If you've never heard Stephen's music, then you are in for an amazing treat. Far beyond what you might think of as "cello" music, it breaches the ethereal and moves into deep mystical experience.

Consort intro
- Paul Winter, Grammy Award winner
Stephen Katz makes some remarkably innovative music with the cello. While revering its traditions, he is on the cutting edge of liberating the instrument from being locked into the printed page... His composition, Eight Days of Eve is the most beautiful piece of "looped" music I have ever heard.

Director's take
- Chris White, Director, New Directions Cello Association
A cellist whose name is almost synonymous with our festival, Stephen Katz has revolutionized pizzicato technique for the cello. His use of looping to layer multiple tracks of cello in performance is breathtaking. All of this is in the service of his beautiful and imaginative, original music.

Colleague's take
- Eugene Friesen, cellist, composer, Grammy Award winner
Stephen's musical talents are formidable! He has a distinctive harmonic language, lovely sense of phrasing, chops and a beautiful voice