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Jean-Guihen Queyras is a French
cellist
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, D3 ...
. He was born in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, Canada on 11 March 1967, and moved with his parents to
Algeria
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when he was 5 years old; the family moved to France 3 years later. He is a professor at the
Musikhochschule Freiburg
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and artistic co-director of the Rencontres Musicales de
Haute-Provence. He won the
Glenn Gould Protégé Prize in Toronto in 2002.
Queyras records for
Harmonia Mundi
Harmonia Mundi is an independent record label which specializes in classical music, jazz, and world music (on the World Village label). It was founded in France in 1958 and is now a subsidiary of PIAS Entertainment Group.
Its Latin name ''ha ...
, including: the cello concertos of
Dvorak,
Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...
,
Ligeti, and others; the complete cello suites of both
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...
and
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...
;
Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
's complete works for cello and piano (with
Alexander Melnikov); and many piano trios with
Isabelle Faust
Isabelle Faust (born 19 March 1972) is a German violinist who has worked internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She received multiple awards.
Life and career
Faust was born in Esslingen on 12 March 1972. She received her first vio ...
and Melnikov. He is noted for his exceptionally wide range of repertoire: he has recorded cello concertos by
Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have led ...
,
Monn, and
Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...
on a period instrument with the
Freiburger Barockorchester
Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra) is a German Baroque orchestra founded in 1987, with the mission statement: "to enliven the world of Baroque music with new sounds".
History
The orchestra is based in Freiburg im Breisgau. ...
and the
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
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, but also champions the music of
Dallapiccola
Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions.
Biography
Dallapiccola was born in Pisino d'Istria (at the time part of Austria-Hungary, current Pazin, Cro ...
,
Kurtag,
Ligeti,
Webern
Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern (3 December 188315 September 1945), better known as Anton Webern (), was an Austrian composer and conductor whose music was among the most radical of its milieu in its sheer concision, even aphorism, and stead ...
, and others.
He gave the world premieres of
Ivan Fedele
Ivan Fedele (born 6 May 1953 in Lecce) is an Italian composer. He studied at the Milan Conservatory.
Fedele's compositions are published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, and many of his works are recorded on Stradivarius Records.
Selected works
;S ...
's cello concerto (Orchestre National de France, Leonard Slatkin) and
Gilbert Amy
Gilbert Amy (born 29 August 1936) is a French composer and conductor.
Career
Born in Paris, Amy entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1954, where he was taught and influenced by Olivier Messiaen and Darius Milhaud and studied piano with Yvonne Lo ...
's concerto (
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
The or TSO, was established in 1946 as the Toho Symphony Orchestra (東宝交響楽団). It assumed its present name in 1951.
Based in Kawasaki, the TSO performs in numerous concert halls and serves as pit orchestra for some productions at Ne ...
at
Suntory Hall
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in Tokyo); in September 2005, he premiered
Bruno Mantovani
Bruno Mantovani (born 8 October 1974) is a French composer. He has been awarded first prizes from the Conservatoire de Paris which he joined in 1993. His work has been commissioned by the French government as well as other organizations. In Septe ...
's concerto with the
Saarbrücken Radio Sinfonie Orchestra and
Phillippe Schoeller's Wind's Eyes with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden and Freiburg. He also gave the world premieres of
Thomas Larcher
Thomas Larcher (born 16 September 1963, in Innsbruck) is an Austrian composer and pianist.
Biography and Work
Thomas Larcher completed his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna under Heinz Medjimorec and Elisabeth Leonsk ...
's ''Ouroboros'' in 2016 and
Tristan Murail
Tristan Murail (born 11 March 1947) is a French composer associated with the "spectral" technique of composition. Among his compositions is the large orchestral work ''Gondwana''.
Early life and studies
Murail was born in Le Havre, France. His fa ...
's ''De Pays et d'Hommes Étranges'' (''Of Strange Lands and Strange Men'') in 2019.
His recordings have won distinctions such as Top CD – ''
BBC Music Magazine
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History
The first issue appeared in September 1992. BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC was the original owner and publisher toget ...
'', ''
Diapason d'Or
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'', CHOC du Monde de la Musique, 10 de Classica/Répertoire, and Editor's Choice from ''
Gramophone
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''.
Queyras is part of the
Arcanto Quartet with
Antje Weithaas
Antje Weithaas (born 1966) is a German classical violinist. Apart from solo recitals and chamber music performances, she has played with leading orchestras in Europe, Asia and the United States.
Career
Born in Guben, Weithaas studied at the H ...
, Daniel Sepec and
Tabea Zimmermann
Tabea Zimmermann (born 8 October 1966) is a German violist.
Born in Lahr, she began learning to play the viola at the age of three, and commenced piano studies at age five. At the age of 13, she studied viola with Ulrich Koch at the Conservator ...
. He plays a cello made in 1696 by
Gioffredo Cappa. He uses two bows: a heavier one by
Thomas Gerbeth in Vienna, for 20th- and 21st-century repertoire, and a lighter
Tourte.
External links
*
Interview with Jean-Guihen Queyras for WETA 90.9
1967 births
Living people
Musicians from Montreal
French classical cellists
French music educators
Canadian emigrants to France
City of Toronto's Glenn Gould Protégé Prize winners
20th-century French musicians
20th-century classical musicians
21st-century French musicians
21st-century classical musicians
20th-century cellists
21st-century cellists
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