The American cellist Donald McCall was named a winner of the 1956 Naumburg Competition.

He graduated from Curtis Institute, was the founding Cellist of the Lenox Quartet, and was a longtime cello faculty member at the Royal Northern College of Music in England where both Clive Greensmith and Bruno Price were students.

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Excerpt from The New York Times review, October 16, 1956

M'Call is Heard in 'Cello Debut

Young Musician Appears at Town Hall as Reward for Winning Naumburg Prize

"Mr. McCall is a sensitive young artist who seems to have a warm spot for twentieth century music. That he is gifted was apparent in the Schumann Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73, and the Bach D minor Suite...with the Sonatina of the contemporary Louis Nenini.. his tone was warm and resonant, his phrasing broad and self-assured, and he seemed to enjoy himself...The Shostakovich Sonata, Op. 40, was the crown of the afternoon's performances." E.D.

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