Cellos
and Cellists
As you may
have gathered already, the cello still never ceases to amaze me in terms
of tone colour
and texture.
Therefore, in this page, I have put together the pictures of some of the
more famous
cellists of
modern times.....some of which I really really admire a lot.
Jacqueline
Du Pre was born in Oxford on 26 Jan 1945 into a middle class family. She
studied
at Herbert
Walenn's London Violoncello School and at ten became a pupil of Willian
Pleeth.
She then furthered
her studies in Switzerland, Moscow and Paris. In 1956, she won the Suggia
Award, and in 1962, she appeared with a full orchestra for the first time.
In July 1971, she began suffering from multiple
sclerosis, and in 1973 she retired. Gradually her health deteriorate, and
she died in London on 19 Oct 1987.
Yo Yo Ma- an accomplished cellist
of modern times.
Mtislav Rostropovich
Soviet-born
musician, the most esteemed cellist of his generation. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan
Soviet Socialist Republic (now Azerbaijan), he has pursued a career as
a cellist and conductor. He also performs as pianist in recitals by his
wife, singer Galiea Vishnevskaya. After emigrating to the United States,
he became conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C.,
in 1977.
Wang
Jian is famous in China as well as in the West. At the age of eleven he
performed the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto with
the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra; and at fourteen he was selected by China
to go with a select group of Chinese musicians
to perform for President Jimmy Carter at the White House.
Wang performed with the Boston Symphony on its tour of China, and was declared
by Seiji Ozawa to be a "world-class cellist."
When the Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China made its first
U.S. tour, it was Jian Wang who was chosen to be
soloist, performing the Elgar Concerto at the Kennedy Center, and in major
cities across the nation.
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