Artu duo

Ruth Marshall, cello & Garret Ross, piano

Now in their 12th year as Artu Duo, pianist Garret Ross and cellist Ruth Marshall are based in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, MN, and enjoy concertizing and teaching together both on tour and at home. Highlights of the 2022-2023 season included Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with violinist Emily Cole and the Wartburg Community Symphony, as well as a return to the Apollo Music Festival in Houston MN, where they have been ensemble-in-residence since 2013.

After forming in 2011, Artu Duo completed a residency course on the Beethoven Sonatas and Variations for Cello and Piano at the Banff Centre in Canada. In 2012, Artu Duo traveled to the Aldeburgh Festival in England, where they completed a residency course on the chamber music of Brahms and Schumann. These immersive experiences sparked a deep love of the music of Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann in Artu Duo, which has been the foundational repertoire for them ever since- not only as a duo, but as a piano trio, quartet, and quintet, when joined by colleagues. From that foundation, Artu Duo also enjoys performing contemporary and rarely-heard works, particularly music written by women, people of color, and living composers. 

Artu Duo has toured extensively in the United States, playing concerts in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Oregon, Montana, Washington, New York, California, Minnesota, and Louisiana. In both 2013 and 2016, Artu Duo played on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, which was broadcast live on WFMT. And in 2016, they gave their debut at Carnegie Hall, playing a complete program in the Weill Recital Hall.

Mr. Ross and Ms. Marshall are both committed teachers, and have enjoyed giving masterclasses and performing outreach concerts while on tour. Artu Duo community and educational performances have been presented by the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Paul Conservatory, the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra, the Mineral Point Chamber Music Festival, Minnesota Public Radio, and through the Britt Festival Education and Engagement resident artists program. Additionally, Artu Duo has given collegiate-level masterclasses at the Apollo Music Festival, the University of Louisiana, the State University of New York at New Paltz, Indiana State University, and Humboldt State University.

In 2019, Ms. Marshall and Mr. Ross founded Florestan Chamber Music in order to share more music with their home community of the Twin Cities. For more information, please visit florestanchambermusic.org.