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Cellist Pablo Ferrández-Castro, Onyx recording artist and 2015 winner of the Rheingau Music Festival award, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3 at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, which is currently underway. Ferrández-Castro is one of six cello finalists competing for the top prize this week.

His full performance can be viewed through Tch15.medici.tv, which is broadcasting all competition performances live. The website has now generated 4.1m views from 171 countries.

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