Concert Lynn Harrell (cello) and the Mariinsky Orchestra World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre)
Schedule for Lynn Harrell (cello) and the Mariinsky Orchestra 2022
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Lynn Harrell’s presence is felt throughout the musical world. A consummate
soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, conductor and teacher, his work
throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia has placed him in the highest echelon
of today’s performing artists. Mr. Harrell is a frequent guest of many
leading orchestras including Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, San
Francisco, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, and the National Symphony. In Europe he partners
with the orchestras of London, Munich, Berlin, Tonhalle and Israel. He has also
toured extensively to Australia and New Zealand as well as the Far East,
including Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. In the summer of 1999
Mr. Harrell was featured in a three-week “Lynn Harrell Cello Festival” with the
Hong Kong Philharmonic. He regularly collaborates with such noted conductors as
James Levine, Sir Neville Marriner, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, André Previn, Sir
Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Yuri Temirkanov, Michael Tilson Thomas and David
Zinman.
In recent seasons Mr. Harrell has particularly enjoyed collaborating with
violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist, André Previn. In January 2004 the trio
appeared with the New York Philharmonic performing the Beethoven Triple Concerto
with Maestro Masur conducting.
An important part of Lynn Harrell’s life is summer music festivals, which
include appearances at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, the Aspen and Grand
Tetons festivals, and the Amelia Island Festival.
On April 7, 1994, Lynn Harrell appeared at the Vatican with the Royal
Philharmonic in a concert dedicated to the memory of the six million Jews who
perished in the Holocaust. The audience for this historic event, which was the
Vatican’s first official commemoration of the Holocaust, included Pope John Paul
II and the Chief Rabbi of Rome. That year Mr. Harrell also appeared live at the
Grammy Awards with Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman, performing an excerpt
from their Grammy-nominated recording of the complete Beethoven String Trios
(Angel/EMI).
Highlights from an extensive discography of more than 30 recordings include
the complete Bach Cello Suites (London/Decca), the world-premiere recording of
Victor Herbert’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Academy of St. Martin in the
Fields led by Marriner (London/Decca), the Walton Concerto with Rattle and the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (EMI), and the Donald Erb Concerto with
Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony (New World). Together with Itzhak Perlman
and Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mr. Harrell was awarded two Grammy Awards – in 1981 for
the Tchaikovsky Piano Trio and in 1987 for the complete Beethoven Piano Trios
(both Angel/EMI). A recording of the Schubert Trios with Mr. Ashkenazy and
Pinchas Zukerman (London/Decca) was released in February 2000. His May 2000
recording with Kennedy, “Duos for Violin & Cello,” received unanimous
critical acclaim (EMI). Most recently, Mr. Harrell recorded Tchaikovsky’s
Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo Theme, Shostakovich’s Cello
Concerto No. 2, and Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic, Gerard Schwarz conducting (Classico).
Lynn Harrell’s experience as an educator is wide and varied. From 1985-93 he
held the International Chair for Cello Studies at the Royal Academy in London.
Concurrently, from 1988-92, he was Artistic Director of the orchestra, chamber
music and conductor training program at the L.A. Philharmonic Institute. In
1993, he became head of the Royal Academy in London, a post he held through
1995. He has also given master classes at the Verbier and Aspen festivals and in
major metropolitan areas throughout the world. Since the start of the 2002-03
academic year, Mr. Harrell has taught cello at Rice University’s Shepherd School
of Music.
Lynn Harrell was born in New York to musician parents. He began his musical
studies in Dallas and proceeded to the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute
of Music. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the first Avery
Fisher Award.
In June, 2010 along with his wife, violinist Helen Nightengale, he
founded the HEARTbeats Foundation, a 501(c) charity. Based in Los Angeles, the
HEARTbeats Foundation strives to help children in need harness the power of
music to better cope with, and recover from, the extreme challenges of poverty
and conflict, in hope of creating a more peaceful, sustainable world for
generations to come. Mr. Harrell serves as a board officer and Artist
Ambassador, a capacity that allows him to work directly with children in in
need.
He makes his home in Santa Monica, CA
Schedule for Lynn Harrell (cello) and the Mariinsky Orchestra 2022
Lynn Harrell - Schumann: Adagio & Allegro |
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About This Video 09:20 Lynn Harrell, Cello & Victor Asuncion, Piano. Live at the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage, Santa Monica California. Saturday, October 9, 2010. Schumann: Adagio & Allegro. Audio and Video Produced and Engineered by Matthew Snyder of Matthew Snyder Recordings |
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