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DAVID FINCKEL Cellist David Finckel is one of the world’s most unique and visible performers. He has been called a "world class soloist" by The Denver Post, and was hailed by Germany’s Nordwest Zeitung as "one of the top ten, if not top five, cellists in the world today." Highlights of recent seasons have included recitals throughout North America with pianist Wu Han; a third appearance at London’s Wigmore Hall; a performance of André Previn’s Cello Sonata at a special 92nd Street Y concert honoring the composer; the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas’s cello concerto, Ritual Incantations, at the Aspen Music Festival; and his debut with the Festival Orchestra in Bloch’s Schelomo, under Sergiu Comissiona. Additional solo and chamber appearances include the Aspen Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, SummerFest La Jolla, and Music@Menlo; and over one hundred concerts worldwide as cellist of the Grammy Award winning Emerson String Quartet. Last season, with pianist Wu Han and the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra (Columbus, OH), David Finckel appeared in the world premiere of Compadrazgo, a new double concerto by Gabriela Lena Frank composed for David Finckel and Wu Han. Other recent appearances as orchestral soloist include Elgar’s Cello Concerto Op. 85 with the Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich’s First Concerto and the Beethoven Triple Concerto (with pianist Wu Han and violinist Margaret Batjer) with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, as well as performances and recordings of the Dvorák Concerto and Augusta Read Thomas’s Ritual Incantations with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra, and John Harbison’s Cello Concerto with the Albany Symphony. David Finckel’s expansive musical activities include the launch of ArtistLed, classical music’s first musician directed, Internet based recording company, which is celebrating its tenth year. All nine ArtistLed recordings, including The Complete Works of Beethoven for Cello and Piano, have received critical acclaim and are available via the company’s Web site at www.artistled.com. The Denver Post described ArtistLed as “a classical music breakthrough.” In Time magazine, Terry Teachout hailed ArtistLed’s Tchaikovsky disc as “a performance that ranks among the great chamber music recordings of the postwar era.” The following ArtistLed recording, “Russian Classics,” featuring works by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich, received BBC Music magazine’s coveted "Editor's Choice." The two newest additions to the ArtistLed catalogue feature the cello sonatas of Johannes Brahms and David Finckel’s recording of the Dvorák Concerto and Augusta Read Thomas’s Ritual Incantations (world premiere recording). David Finckel and Wu Han have served as Artistic Directors of
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 2004. In recent
years, they have become widely recognized for their initiatives
in expanding audiences for classical music, and for guiding the
careers of countless young musicians. They are also the founders
and Artistic Directors of Music@Menlo, a chamber music festival
in Silicon Valley that has garnered international acclaim for
its innovative programming, roster of world-class artists, workshop
program for young musicians, and Encounters series featuring the
nation’s top musicologists. Prior to launching Music@Menlo,
Wu Han and David Finckel served for three seasons as Artistic
Directors of SummerFest La Jolla.
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