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Gary Hoffman, Kian Soltani
Sun 10 Nov 15:00 - 16:15
Main Hall
Waiting list (Muziekgebouw)
Sun 10 Nov
15:00 - 16:15
Waiting list (Muziekgebouw)

Schelomo and the peak of the ninth Cello Biënnale

Program

Ernest Bloch Schelomo 
Joey Roukens Night Flight
Dmitry Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No. 2 in C minor

Performers

Gary Hoffman cello
Kian Soltani cello
Residentie Orkest
Antony Hermus conductor

The Hebrew rhapsody Schelomo for cello and orchestra is full of stylistic elements from Jewish music. The cello, played by Gary Hoffman, represents the voice of King Solomon. The orchestra paints the world around him, the Jewish people responding to him. 

One of the discoveries of the Cello Biënnale 2022 was the seldom performed second cello concerto by Kabalevsky. Kian Soltani gave an emotional performance of it and returns to accept the challenge of matching that experience.

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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Antony Hermus

Few conductors have achieved the amount of success that Antony Hermus (The Netherlands, 1973) did at such a young age. After receiving his degrees in piano and orchestral conducting from the Fontys Conservatory in Tilburg, he was appointed director of the opera and symphony orchestra in Hagen, Germany. He was the General Music Director of the Anhaltische Theater in Dessau (Germany) from 2009 to 2015, where his performances as conductor included parts of Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen. When he left, he was named honorary conductor for his great services. He has since directed opera productions at the Paris Opera and the Dutch Touring Opera, among others, and has performed as a guest conductor with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bamberger Symphoniker, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. After his time as the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra’s primary guest conductor, the orchestra named him honorary conductor. Since 2022, Antony Hermus has been the chief conductor of the Belgian National Orchestra, with which he accompanied the 12 violinists in the Finals of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels this year. 
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Gary Hoffman

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