Cellissimo!

Cellissimo!

19:30 | April 11th, Davidsbündler Music Academy Salon

Doors open at 19:00

Cellissimo! is a real treat for all cello lovers and true celebration of this magnificent instrument. In the first half of the concert, David will join forces with DBA's founder, Anna Fedorova in some of the duo repertoire for cello and piano. In the second half, young talents whom they will be working with over the course of the week will be joining David in a selection of cello ensemble pieces.

Principal cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra and virtuoso soloist and chamber musician, David Cohen is among the most masterful cellists of today. As a soloist he has performed with the NHK Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and many others. He is a professor at Trinity College London and at the National Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Mons in Belgium. Highlights of the 2024-2025 season include Davids’ appearance as a conductor with the PHION Orchestra in The Netherlands and his performance as a cellist of the Edward Elgar Cello Concerto at the Barbican Centre together with the London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano.

Program:

Debussy, Sonata for cello and piano

Shostakovich, Sonata for cello and piano

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Haydn, Divertimento for cello ensemble

C. Gardel, pie Una cabeza for 4 cellos 

A. Piazzola oblivion, 4 cellos

Our beautiful Steinway is on loan from the National Musical Instrument Fund (NMF)