Pieter Wispelwey is one of a leading group of performers who are equally at ease on the modern or the period cello. Born in Haarlem, Netherlands, he studied with Anner Bylsma and then with Paul Katz in the USA and William Pleeth in Great Britain. In 1992 he became the first cellist ever to receive the Netherlands Music Prize and in 1997 was awarded the Belgian Press Prize as Musician of the Year.

The versatile musician, who focuses on both historical performance practice and the interpretation of recent cello works, now makes regular concert appearances in the world’s top concert halls and cities, performing with renowned orchestras and the most famous international conductors. Apart from his masterly technical skills, it is his intense, deeply personal interpretative style which makes a moving impression on his audiences.

In 2005 Wispelwey began an unusual association with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, performing all the British cello concertos and the two Haydn cello concertos. In 2009 und 2010 Wispelwey will be giving chamber music concerts in a trio with Viktoria Mullova and Kristian Bezuidenhout. His numerous CDs have received outstanding worldwide critical acclaim; six CDs have been awarded international prizes. His recording of Bach’s six solo suites won three prizes, the Diapason d’or, the Choc de la Musique and the Gramophone Editor’s Choice. Pieter Wispelwey plays a 1760 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini cello and a 1710 Rombouts baroque cello.

You can hear Pieter Wispelwey Friday, 2 October, 11.30 at St. Peter und Paul Kirche Kronberg.

He will held his workshop Thursday, 1 October, from 4 to 6 pm at Zehntscheune Kronberg.

Schlagworte: Cello-Festival, Pieter Wispelwey, Soloists, Tutors

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