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ArticleSteven Isserlis
Steven Isserlis was born into a musical family in London, 1958. From 1976 to 1978 Isserlis studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with Richard Kapuscinski and has cited Daniil Shafran, who he first met when interviewing the Russian cellist for The Strad in 1987, as a ...
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ArticleGary Hoffman
Gary Hoffman was born into a family of musicians in Vancouver, Canada in 1956. He made his public debut at Wigmore Hall in London at the age of 15 before giving his first concert in New York in 1979. At the age of 22, he became the ...
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ArticleSol Gabetta
An Argentine cellist of French and Russian descent, Sol Gabetta rose to prominence after winning the Crédit Suisse Young Artist Award in 2004. She followed this success with her debut performance with the Wiener Philharmoniker and Valery Gergiev and won the Würth-Preis of the Jeunesses Musicales in ...
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ArticleJacqueline du Pré
Described by Itzhak Perlman as ‘one of the most unique musical personalities ever to perform on stage,’ Jacqueline du Pré is regarded to be among the greatest cellists of the twentieth century. Born in Oxford in 1945, her musical education saw her study with legendary cellists Pablo ...
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ArticleDavid Finckel
American cellist David Finckel began his musical studies with his father, Edwin Finckel, making his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations aged 15. From 1979 to 2013 he was the cellist of the Emerson String Quartet, with whom he made over thirty acclaimed recordings. ...
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ArticleGautier Capuçon
Gautier Capuçon was born in Chambéry in 1981 and began playing the cello at the age of five. He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris with Philippe Muller and Annie Cochet-Zakine, and later with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna. By his mid-twenties he had already developed ...
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ArticleBernard Greenhouse
One of the very few long term students of Pablo Casals, the American cellist Bernard Greenhouse initially pursued a solo career for twelve years. Today, however, he is best remembered as one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio, with whom he played between 1955 ...
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ArticleAlisa Weilerstein
Often likened to the prodigy Jacqueline du Pré, American cellist Alisa Weilerstein made her debut, aged 13, playing Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme with the Cleveland Orchestra. Since then she has performed as soloist with several major symphony orchestras around the world, while also remaining an ...
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