Ivan Monighetti (Cello)
Ivan Monighetti, described by Krzysztof Penderecki as
a “phenomenal cellist” was Mstislav Rostropovich's last student at the Moscow
Conservatory. He was a top prizewinner in many international competitions
including the 1974 Tchaikovsky competition, and since then he has enjoyed a
career which has taken him all over Europe, to America and Japan.
He participated in many important festivals of music
such as Ravinia festival, Berliner Festwochen, Santa Fe chamber music festival,
Schleswig Holstein music festival, Argerich festival, Holland music session.
As a soloist he has performed with many of the
world's great orchestras and conductors, including the Berlin Philharmonic under
Krzysztof Penderecki, the Leipzig Gewandhaus under Kurt Masur, the Gulbenkian
Orchestra under Muhai Tang, and the Moscow Philharmonic under Mstislav
Rostropovich.
Ivan Monighetti's sensational appearances at numerous
contemporary music festivals have brought him a wide reputation as one of the
leading figures in the field of modern music. His CD XXth Century Music for
Cello Solo was nominated Best Recording of Year, Diapason d'Or. He is constantly
expanding his musical range as a result of his work with contemporary composers
such as Penderecki, Xenakis, Dutilleux, Knaifel, Schnittke, Tan Dun,
Gubaidulina, Silvestrov, Ali-Zadeh. Many works written especially for him are
now part of the established cello repertoire.
Ivan Monighetti is also highly respected for his
expertise in the performance practice of the 18th and 19th centuries and is the
founding director of the Moscow early music festival. He has collaborated with
musicians such as Anner Bylsma, Nancy Argenta, Simon Standage, Ronald Brautigam,
Wieland Kuijken, Alexei Lubimov. He now has a varied career as a cello soloist
and a conductor of international repute. In 1998 he made a very successful debut
at the English Haydn Festival conducting Haydn's Nelson Mass and in 1999 and
2000 was re-invited as a principal conductor. With his own orchestra Camerata
Boccherini he has toured Poland, Holland, France, Estonia and Russia.
In 2003, Ivan Monighetti played at the prestigious
Martha Argerich Festival in Japan and performed the world premiere of the Cello
Concerto by Frangiz Ali-Zadeh with Muhai Tang and Mario Venzago, as well as the
Penderecki Concerto grosso for 3 cellos conducted by the composer. His CD
recording of the 6 Solo Suites by J.S. Bach was awarded the 2003 Frederic prize.
The same year he performed with great success at the Viva Cello Festival in
Switzerland.
Ivan Monighetti, who is featured on Swiss TV in
Ritratto a Monighetti and Monighetti: Storie di famiglia, has recorded on Erato,
Harmonia Mundi, Chant du Monde, Orfeo, Berlin Classics, Wergo, DUX.
Ivan Monighetti is professor of cello at the Basel
Academy of Music in Switzerland. He is a guest professor at Moscow Conservatory
and at High School of Music Reina Sofia in Madrid. He has been a jury member of
prestigious competitions like the J.S.Bach competition in Leipzig, and has given
masterclasses all around the world.
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