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Kian Soltani

Bach & Breakfast
Sat 9 Nov 09:30 - 10:00
Main Hall
Past event
Sat 9 Nov
09:30 - 10:00
Past event

Start the day with a Cello Suite by Bach

Program

Suite No. 2 in D Minor

Performers

Kian Soltani

Six festival days start the way any day really should start: with a light breakfast and freshly pressed orange juice, a warm croissant and a cappuccino, followed by one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s six Cello Suites, each one performed by a different cellist. A Biënnale classic, loved by everyone!

Specially for the tenth Cello Biënnale, we have asked six ‘veterans’ who have previously graced our mornings at half past nine.

Breakfast from 08:45

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Kian Soltani

Kian Soltani (Bregenz, Austria, 1992) was born into a family of Persian musicians and started playing the cello when he was four years old. When he was twelve years old, he was accepted into the class of Ivan Monighetti at the Musik-Akademie in Basel. In 2014, he received a scholarship from the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation, which allowed him to continue his studies within the Young Soloist Programme at the Kronberg Academy in Germany. Kian has won various competitions: the Karl Davidoff Competition in Latvia, the Antonio Janigro Competition in Croatia, and the Paolo Competition in Finland.  In January 2018, he released his debut album under Deutsche Grammophon, where he is contracted exclusively, and in 2020 he released his album containing Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim. In 2021, he released his album Cello Unlimited, with compositions by Hans Zimmer and himself. Kian Soltani plays the ‘London’ Stradivarius 1694 cello (ex-Boccherini), which was made available to him on loan by the J & A Beare International Violin Society.
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