Opinions were divided from the start: critics bemoaned its “dry and sterile” acoustics while protagonists celebrated its cutting-edge design and “crystal clear” sound. The Royal Festival Hall was unveiled in 1951. By all accounts the shoe box-shaped Queen’s Hall was acoustically superb but, after the war, everything needed to be new, and the decision was taken to build a brand new concrete structure south of the river. It is true that London doesn’t have a world-class hall for orchestral music to match our world-class orchestras, and the reason for this dates back 70 years when a plan to rebuild the bomb-damaged Queen’s Hall near Oxford Circus was shelved. In addition to classical music, he often plays and covers artists from the past, such as Édith Piaf.As someone who has both played and listened many times in all the London concert halls I would answer yes, to both questions. In addition, he is the ambassador of the Orchestre à l’École Association, which brings classical music closer to more than 40,000 children in France. He is the founder and leader of the “Classe d’Excellence de Violoncelle” together with the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, where every year the most talented young cellists work intensively together for one week. He is dedicated to researching the cello repertoire, and almost every season his repertoire includes works by contemporary composers. Gautier Capuçon is a famous French cellist who has a very active career as a soloist, but also as a chamber musician and lecturer. She often performed with Soviet pianist Sviatoslav Richter playing chamber music with one of the performances being the Tchaikovsky Piano Trio, Op.50. She also holds many masterclasses around the world in addition to her active solo career. Today she teaches at the Moscow Conservatory, at the Private University of Vienna, and at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. He premiered 50 works during his 42-year career, and in 1985 he published a book and CD called Travels With My Cello in which he wanted to bring the world of cello closer to a much wider audience through anecdotes. At the age of 16, he received a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London and after that, he continued his studies with Pierre Fournier in Geneva. He was born into a musical family and his brother is a composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Julian Lloyd Webber is one of the great contemporary cellists who unfortunately no longer plays actively because of a herniated disc in his neck but he is still present on the music scene through pedagogical work. You can listen to one of the masterclasses on YouTube. He is also extremely dedicated to studying historical performance and giving recitals with piano and harpsichord.Īnother of his passions is playing and writing for children, so far he has published several books dedicated to children, including Why Beethoven Threw the Stew: And Lots More Stories about the Lives of Great Composers ( link to Amazon). He is dedicated to playing and learning contemporary works, which he performs quite often. Steven Isserlis is a true representative of the modern cellist who is dedicated to a solo career but is also a chamber musician, educator, and author. You can find many of his recordings on the internet, and one of the most famous is Bach Suite No.1. He started his career as a prizewinner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, and since then his rich artistic path has continued.Įven today, at the age of 73, he has an active solo career and currently lives in Belgium. His playing combines poetry and exquisite delicacy with great temperament and brilliant technique.“
He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in the Rostropovich class, who described him as follows – “ … one of the most outstanding talents of the younger generation of cellists. Mischa MaiskyĪnother artist who certainly belongs to the category of greatest living cellists is Soviet-born Israeli cellist Mischa Maisky. You can see more on his YouTube channel, and one example is the short film “ Antarctica: Life Emerging” filmed for the occasion of World Oceans Day. And these things have never been more important“. Yo-Yo Ma once said, “ Culture helps us to imagine a better future. “ Music, like all of the culture, helps us to understand our environment, each other, and ourselves. On his site, you can see numerous projects that include travel and playing in unusual locations, collaborations with various artists and locals.
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