Edith Salzmann is a German/NZ cellist with an extensive career as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. She was Senior Lecturer for cello at the University of Canterbury and the University of Auckland. Currently she teaches at the University of Melbourne, where she has taken on the role of coordinator for the Melbourne Conservatorium Young Artists Academy.
Her discography includes releases on Naxos, Stradivarius, EMI Germany, Atoll, and Rattle records. She is the Director of the Pettman National Junior Academy, a privately sponsored NZ based scholarship program for talented young musicians and the International Akaroa Music Festival