Widely known as a Suzuki cello workshop and institute clinician, Mr. Friedlander teaches a variety of methods from classical to jazz and rock. Mr. Friedlander is the director of the Barston Suzuki Center at the Music Institute of Chicago and a Suzuki teacher trainer. He holds Masters and Bachelors degrees in cello performance from The University of Michigan, and pursued his professional studies degree from The Cleveland Institute of Music. Mr. Friedlander is the former Assistant Principal cellist of the Atlanta Opera, former member of The New World Symphony and former professor of Cello at Emory University in Atlanta. 

Mr. Friedlander began his studies at the age of three with Lauren Scott Mallory and went on to study with David Premo, Anthony Elliott and Stephen Geber. He has also worked with Richard Aaron, Tanya Carey, Gilda Barston, Irene Sharp, Hans Jensen, Janos Starker and Bernard Greenhouse. Mr. Friedlander has studied improvisation methods with Eugene Friesen from the Berkley College, Stephan Braun from Berlin and Tim Kliphuis from Amsterdam. 

In his free time, Mr. Friedlander enjoys playing ice-hockey and spending time with his family. In addition to his own compositions, Mr. Friedlander writes his own arrangements for solo cello of rock tunes from Jimi Hendrix to Pearl Jam.