While the instrumental forces remain basically equivalent to those used in the Violin Concerto, Elgar has amplified the tender, searching intimacy of that earlier work to such a degree that one might call the Cello Concerto not just introspective but searing and almost ascetic. The first recording was made in two days following the premiere by Rostropovich and the Moscow Philharmonic, under the baton of Aleksandr Gauk.Įdward Elgar's Concerto for cello and orchestra in E minor, from the year 1919, is the last major work the composer penned (a Third Symphony remained in draft form at his death in 1934). Shostakovich wrote the work for his friend Mstislav Rostropovich, who committed it to memory in four days and gave the premiere on October 4, 1959, with Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra in the Large Hall of the Leningrad Conservatory. It is perhaps the most popular 20th Century cello concerto. The Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat major, Op.107, was composed in 1959 by Dmitri Shostakovich. Dutch or in The Netherlands studying cello talent may present themselves in three rounds to an international jury. The National Cello Competition is inextricably linked to the Cello Biennale Amsterdam. Alexander studied with Monique Bartels at the Sweelinck Academy for young talents and the preparatory programme and currently studies in Germany. The jury praised his exceptional talent and musicality. Recorded in Concert Hall of the 21st Century in Amsterdam, on October 25, 2016.Īlexander Warenberg has won the National Cello Competition 2016. 1998, Voorburg) plays Dmitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat major, Op.107, with Symphony Orchestra of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam under τhe German-born, Sorbian musician and conductor Judith Kubitz. The young Dutch cellist Alexander Warenberg (b.