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Alban Gerhardt
CelloAlban Gerhardt has gained recognition as one of
the world’s most versatile cellists, highly regarded for his technical mastery,
profound musicality, and insatiable artistic curiosity. Notable orchestral
collaborators include Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, all the British and German
radio orchestras, Berliner Philharmoniker, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestre
National de France, Orquesta Nacional de España as well as The Cleveland
Orchestra, Philadelphia, Chicago symphony orchestras and New York Philharmonic,
under conductors such as Christoph von Dohnányi, Kurt Masur, Klaus Mäkelä,
Christian Thielemann, Simone Young, Susanna Mälkki, Vladimir Jurowski and
Andris Nelsons.
Gerhardt’s wide repertoire includes all core
concertos, as well as being the go-to soloist for contemporary composers.
The upcoming season sees Alban Gerhardt
collaborating with Boston Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra
Washington, Munich Philharmonic, the Hallé and BBC Philharmonic, Orchestre de
Chambre de Paris and Warsaw Philharmonic amongst others.
A keen chamber musician, Gerhardt regularly
performs with pianists Steven Osborne and Alexei Volodin, the Alliage Saxophone
Quintet and new collaboration partner, accordionist Ksenija Sidorova. The
upcoming season brings Gerhardt to the Santa Catalina Festival, on tour around
the UK with Steven Osborne, to Seoul Philharmonic, Shanghai Concert Hall and to
and to New York’s 92nd Y for all Bachsuites in a solo recital.
Gerhardt will also appear as Artistic Curator of
the Schumann Festival in Dusseldorf in June during the 2024/25 season.
Having recorded extensively for Hyperion,
Gerhardt’s album of the complete Bach suites was one of The Sunday Times’s top
100 recordings of 2019. His album of Shostakovich cello concertos with the WDR
Sinfonieorchester and Jukka-Pekka Saraste was awarded an ICMA in 2021. Gerhardt
has won several awards, and his recording of Unsuk Chin’s cello concerto,
released by Deutsche Grammophon, won a BBC Music Magazine Award and was
shortlisted for a Gramophone Award in 2015.
The 2023/24 season saw Gerhardt appearing as
Artist in Focus at Aldeburgh Festival in June and as Duisburger
Philharmoniker’s Artist in Residence for the season. Highlights in the 2023/24
season included Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Alsop, Gürzenich-Orchester
Köln/Mälkki, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/ Manze, and Sydney Symphony
Orchestra/Inkinen.
Gerhardt is passionate about outreach, and shares
his experience and gift with audiences in schools, hospitals and young offender
institutions.
Alban Gerhardt plays a Matteo Gofriller cello
dating from 1710.