Erik Friedlander (1 July 1960) is a jazz/experimental cellist and composer from New York, USA. The first thing to know about Erik Friedlander is that he is a unique cellist whose work blurs genre borders. Is he a composer or improviser? Is this classical music or jazz? The LA Times put it best when they wrote, "Friedlander's performance clearly positions him as the first potential star performer on his instrument." Erik's dad was the noted art photographer Lee Friedlander