Alisa Weilerstein
© Harald Hoffmann
CELLO COMPETITIONS
The George Enescu Festival Competition
Entry deadline:
18 April 2018
Finals: 11 - 23 Sep 2018
Bucharest
Categories:
Piano, cello, violin
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BergenElgar, Cello Concerto with Orchestra
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Leonard Elschenbroich
BergenHaydn: Concert for Cello and Orchestra No 1 C major
Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major, Hob VIIb:1
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Truls Mørk
CELLIST INTERVIEWS
China: Q & A with cellist Jingzhuo Zhang
We interview Jingzhuo Zhang, a young cellist now studying at RAM but who grew up in China.
Interview with Eva Böcker, cellist at the Ensemble Modern
We continue our interviews series with Eva Böcker, cellist at the Ensemble Modern.
Playing cello through the Cultural Revolution
I entered the Shanghai Conservatoire after the Cultural Revolution, towards 1978. When I arrived in Belgium, I was 23 years old and I didn't speak a word of French.
A human voice: the Cello Unwrapped
The warmth and human-like quality to the cello’s timbre features strongly as King’s Place turns the spotlight on this most soulful of instruments.
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BirminghamGuy Johnston & Sam Haywood
Beethoven, Schubert, MacMillan, Grieg
Guy Johnston; Sam Haywood
AalborgDebussy | Bruch | Bernstein
Debussy, Bruch, Bernstein
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; François Leleux; Maximilian Hornung
BrugesRotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Schumann, Schubert
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Lahav Shani; Alisa Weilerstein
SingaporeSSO Subscription: Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Dvořák
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Pavel Baleff; Pei-Sian Ng
RotterdamSchubert’s Great C major Symphony
Schumann, Schubert
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Lahav Shani; Alisa Weilerstein
BarcelonaLa Pastoral de Beethoven y el violonchelo de Truls Mørk
Garreta, Prokofiev, Beethoven
Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya; Salvador Mas; Truls Mørk
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Orchestral sorcery from François-Xavier Roth and the LSO
Roth's exploration of the roots of musical modernism takes the LSO from Debussy to Strauss via Dvořák's Cello Concerto.
Chameleon colours from Batiashvili, Capuçon and Thibaudet
Ravel, Mendelssohn and youthful Shostakovich form a varied programme for this starry trio.
C’est magnifique: Ravel in the hands of Andrew Manze
In the week of remembrance, Sheku Kanneh-Mason played Elgar’s Cello Concerto with a level of British reverence, while Andrew Manze concluded with some exquisite Ravel.
Beguiling Tchaikovsky from Gerhardt and Mäkelä in Antwerp
The Rococo Variations show Pyotr Ilyich at his most beguiling and Gerhardt’s cello made the Andante sostenuto variation sing from every bar.
Kochanovsky delivers a powerful Shostakovich 7 in Dublin
Kochanovsky andthe NSO gave a masterful rendition of Shostakovich's Symphony no. 7 while cellist Harwood delighted in Kabalevsky's Cello concerto no. 1
Hallé and Sir Mark Elder bring to life Don Quixote and Elgar 2
The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder bring details and affection to Strauss' Don Quixote and Elgar's second symphony.