In the second installment of our festival artist Q&A series, we spoke with Israeli-American cellist Amit Peled. From a rural upbringing in Israel to performing at Carnegie Hall, Peled is a strong personality and an engaging performer known for breaking down the audience/performer barrier by explaining the pieces or telling stories. Peled studied with Laurence…Continue Reading Q&A with Amit Peled
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Q&A with Festival Artist Jeffrey Solow
The first in an ongoing series, meet the exceptional artists who will descend on Los Angeles for the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival, a 10-day cello extravaganza in May, 2016. By Jonathan Shifflett This May, the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival returns to USC for a 10-day cello extravaganza that will showcase over 25 artists from around…Continue Reading Q&A with Festival Artist Jeffrey Solow
History of the Cello, Part I
“The History of the Cello, Part I,” a recent Visions and Voices event at USC, illuminated for the audience what early cellos sounded like and what forces helped shape the instrument into what it is today. Ralph Kirshbaum, Chair of the Strings Department at the Thornton School of Music, invited a luthier, two Early Music…Continue Reading History of the Cello, Part I
What’s a cello festival all about?
The answer is, it’s about many things. Sometimes it’s about Beethoven and sometimes it’s about rock-and-roll (take a look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Byqon5e4Y!). Always it’s about cellos, cellists, cello music, and those who love the sound of the cello. People may come because they want to hear the Schubert Quintet—a string quartet plus a second cello….Continue Reading What’s a cello festival all about?
Location
Los Angeles and the University of Southern California The 2020 Piatigorsky International Cello Festival will take place at Walt Disney Concert Hall and on the USC campus in Los Angeles, a 21st Century capital of creative and cultural innovation….Continue Reading Location
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Conductors Hilo Carriel Karen Kamensek Carl St.Clair Pianists Bernadene Blaha Ya-Fei Chuang Vivian Fan Kevin Fitz-Gerald Lily Maisky Alin Melik-Adamyan Juho Pohjonen Robert Thies Viola Yura Lee Soprano Sarah Shafer Ensembles Los Angeles Philharmonic USC Thornton Symphony Piatigorsky Festival Orchestra SAKURA …Continue Reading Artist Block 4
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Amit Peled Li-Wei Qin Jean-Guihen Queyras Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt Andrew Shulman Giovanni Sollima Jeffrey Solow Raphael Wallfisch Wendy Warner…Continue Reading Artist Block 3
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Frans Helmerson Ralph Kirshbaum Ronald Leonard Lawrence Lesser Antonio Lysy Jens Peter Maintz Mischa Maisky Truls Mork…Continue Reading Artist Block 2
Artist Block 1
Cellists Ye Lin (Stella) Cho Evan Drachman Chiara Enderle Samatanga Zlatomir Fung David Geringas Clive Greensmith Narek Hakhnazaryan Frans Helmerson Steven Isserlis Michael Kaufman Terry King Ralph Kirshbaum Maria Kliegel Jakob Koranyi Benjamin Lash Laurence Lesser Antonio Lysy Jens Peter Maintz Mischa Maisky Yoshika Masuda Peter Myers Jean-Guihen Queyras Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt Inbal Segev Andrew…Continue Reading Artist Block 1