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Pieter Wispelwey

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

Start the day with a Cello Suite by Bach

Program

Suite No. 6 in D Major

Performers

Pieter Wispelwey

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!

Normally the suites are performed by cellists who have not performed on the Biënnale. 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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Pieter Wispelwey

Pieter Wispelwey began his cello studies with Dicky Boeke and went on to study at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Anner Bijlsma, as well as in the United States with Paul Katz. In 1992, he was the first cellist to receive the Dutch Music Prize. Pieter Wispelwey feels at home on a modern cello just as much as on a Baroque cello. As a soloist, he performs all over the world with a remarkably broad range of repertoire. He has an impressive discography – he has recorded more than 30 CDs – which includes three recordings of Bach’s complete cello suites. In 2013, he released a CD with works by Schubert performed on authentic instruments, as well as a CD with Lalo’s cello concerto combined with Saint-Saëns’ rarely played second cello concerto. He currently teaches at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. Pieter Wispelwey plays a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini made in 1760 and a Baroque cello made by Pieter Rombouts in 1710.
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