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Second Round

National Cello Competition
Tue 5 Nov 10:30 - 15:45
Main Hall
Past event
Tue 5 Nov
10:30 - 15:45
Past event

The most exciting part of the Cello Biennale

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven
Choice:

  • Twelve variations in F “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen"
  • Twelve variations in G “Judas Maccabaeus”
  • Seven variations in E flat “Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen”

Zoltán Kodály Duo for violin and cello, first movement: allegro serioso non troppo
Choice of one of the commissioned works for the National Cello Competition
Efraim Zimbalist Fantasy on Le Coq d’Or by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Performers

Competition accompanists:
Daniël Kramer piano
Bas Treub violin

 

In the First Round of the competition participants always perform a new composition, the commissioned work. In this anniversary edition the participants can choose one of the commissioned works from previous competitions to perform in the Second Round. Since the first edition in 2006 these commissioned works have been written by: Theo Verbey, Oene van Geel, Wilbert Bulsink, Yannis Kyriakides, Micha Hamel, Rob Zuidam, Theo Loevendie, Martijn Padding and Calliope Tsoupaki.

Chamber music skills and sense of style are tested in Kodály’s duo for violin and cello and in one of the variation pieces for cello and piano by Beethoven. The pièce de résistance will be the Fantasy by Efrim Zimbalist, which even on the violin is a fiendishly virtuosic work.

Biënnale in pictures: day 6

Cello Biënnale Amsterdam 2024 in pictures
In pictures

Bas Treub

Bas Treub (The Hague, 1987) studied at the Royal Conservatoires of The Hague and Brussels with Peter Brunt and Philippe Graffin. He received his Master’s degree summa cum laude in 2013. For many years, he was a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra, where he was concertmaster for his last few seasons. He has been principal 2nd violin in the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra since 2014 and the concertmaster of Phion since 2023. He has also performed as a guest concertmaster with Philharmonia Orchestra, Orpheus Sinfonia, and the LUDWIG collective. He plays a French violin from 1891 by Emile Germain, made available to him by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation.
Andere musici

Andrej van Brakel

Andrej is currently studying at the Conservatory of Lübeck under Prof. Troels Svane, having previously received instruction from Prof. Godfried Hoogeveen and Prof. Gabriel Schwabe. From 2020-2022, he served as principal cellist of the Dutch Youth Orchestra and plays on a cello crafted by Mathijs Heyligers which is being provided by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation.
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Thomas Prechal

From a young age, cellist and composer Thomas Prechal has been captivated by music. A former student of the Academy for Musical Talent in Utrecht Thomas has been studying cello at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) since September 2022, where he also receives intensive education in musical analysis, harmony, and orchestral conducting.
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Beste Yıldız

The Turkish cellist Beste Yıldız (2001) began his musical journey at the age of 9 under Viatcheslav Kainov. In 2019, he started his bachelor’s degree at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague under the g…
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Mudrė Buckutė

Mudrė Buckutė (2004), born in Lithuania, has lived in the Netherlands most of her life. She studied at the Young Talent Department of the Royal Conservatoire in the Hague. Now she is studying at the same school in her third year of Bachelor at the same school, studying with Lucia Swarts.
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Bruno Tobon

Bruno Tobon (1999) is a graduate of the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal, where he studied under Denis Brott, Bruno has taken masterclasses with renowned cellists like Johannes Moser and Mischa Maisky. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague with Jan Ype Nota and Michel Strauss
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Ori Ron

Ori Ron (1998) is a cellist, composer, and improviser from Israel. Began studying cello with Ms. Hilla Epstein in Givatayim Conservatory, and in age 13 started to study with Prof. Hillel Zori. Ori studied in Thelma Yellin High School and graduated from Buchmann Mehta School of Music with a bachelor’s degree. In September 2023 Ori started his master’s degree in Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the class of Pieter Wispelwey.
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