DAVID FINCKEL & WU HAN

2007/ 08 Micro Biography (167 words)

Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han rank among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today. Their appearances take them to the world’s most prestigious concert series and festivals as soloists, as a duo, and in David’s case, as cellist of the Emerson String Quartet. Last season, with the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra (Columbus, OH), they appeared in the world premiere of Compadrazgo, a new double concerto by Gabriela Lena Frank composed for the duo. David Finckel and Wu Han serve as Artistic Directors of both the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Music@Menlo, a Silicon Valley chamber music festival founded in 2003. They have released nine critically acclaimed recordings on their own ArtistLed label, available at www.artistled.com. The two most recent additions to the ArtistLed catalogue feature David Finckel’s recording of the Dvorák Concerto and Augusta Read Thomas’s Ritual Incantations (world premiere recording), and Wu Han's first full-length solo recording for the label, "Russian Recital," featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Scriabin.