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[[File:FolleJournée2009 JeanGuihenQueyras.jpg|thumb|Jean-Guhien Queyras during [[la Folle Journée]] 2009]] |
[[File:FolleJournée2009 JeanGuihenQueyras.jpg|thumb|Jean-Guhien Queyras during [[la Folle Journée]] 2009]] |
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'''Jean-Guihen Queyras''' is a [[France|French]] [[cellist]]. He was born in [[Montreal]] [[Canada]] in 1967 and moved with his parents to [[Algeria]] when he was 5 years old; the family moved to France 3 years later. He is a professor at the [[State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart|Musikhochschule Stuttgart]] and artistic co-director of the Rencontres Musicales de [[Haute-Provence]]. He won the Glenn Gould Protégé Prize in Toronto in 2002. |
'''Jean-Guihen Queyras''' is a [[France|French]] [[cellist]]. He was born in [[Montreal]], [[Canada]] in 1967, and moved with his parents to [[Algeria]] when he was 5 years old; the family moved to France 3 years later. He is a professor at the [[State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart|Musikhochschule Stuttgart]] and artistic co-director of the Rencontres Musicales de [[Haute-Provence]]. He won the Glenn Gould Protégé Prize in Toronto in 2002. |
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Queyras has recorded for [[Harmonia Mundi]], including the complete cello suites of both [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and [[Benjamin Britten]]. He recorded [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]]'s and [[Georg Matthias Monn|Monn's]] cello concertos on a period instrument |
Queyras has recorded for [[Harmonia Mundi]], including the complete cello suites of both [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and [[Benjamin Britten]]. He recorded [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]]'s and [[Georg Matthias Monn|Monn's]] cello concertos on a period instrument with the [[Freiburger Barockorchester]]. He has also recorded the complete Vivaldi cello concertos with the [[Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin]]. His recordings have won distinctions such as Top CD - ''[[BBC Music Magazine]],'' ''Diapason d'Or'', CHOC du Monde de la Musique, 10 de Classica/Répertoire, and Editor's Choice from ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]''. |
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His repertoire also encompasses more recent works, which he performs internationally: he gave the world premieres of [[Ivan Fedele]]'s cello concerto (Orchestre National de France, Leonard Slatkin) and [[Gilbert Amy]]'s concerto ([[Tokyo Symphony Orchestra]] at [[Suntory Hall]] in Tokyo) |
His repertoire also encompasses more recent works, which he performs internationally: he gave the world premieres of [[Ivan Fedele]]'s cello concerto (Orchestre National de France, Leonard Slatkin) and [[Gilbert Amy]]'s concerto ([[Tokyo Symphony Orchestra]] at [[Suntory Hall]] in Tokyo). In September 2005, he premiered [[Bruno Mantovani]]'s concerto with the [[Saarbrücken Radio Sinfonie Orchestra]] and [[Phillippe Schoeller]]'s Wind's Eyes with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden and Freiburg. |
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Queyras is part of the [[Arcanto Quartet]] with Antje Weithaas, Daniel Sepec and [[Tabea Zimmermann]]. He plays a cello made in 1696 by [[Goffredo Cappa]]. |
Queyras is part of the [[Arcanto Quartet]] with Antje Weithaas, Daniel Sepec and [[Tabea Zimmermann]]. He plays a cello made in 1696 by [[Goffredo Cappa]]. |
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Revision as of 18:08, 6 November 2013
Jean-Guihen Queyras is a French cellist. He was born in Montreal, Canada in 1967, and moved with his parents to Algeria when he was 5 years old; the family moved to France 3 years later. He is a professor at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and artistic co-director of the Rencontres Musicales de Haute-Provence. He won the Glenn Gould Protégé Prize in Toronto in 2002.
Queyras has recorded for Harmonia Mundi, including the complete cello suites of both Johann Sebastian Bach and Benjamin Britten. He recorded Haydn's and Monn's cello concertos on a period instrument with the Freiburger Barockorchester. He has also recorded the complete Vivaldi cello concertos with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. His recordings have won distinctions such as Top CD - BBC Music Magazine, Diapason d'Or, CHOC du Monde de la Musique, 10 de Classica/Répertoire, and Editor's Choice from Gramophone.
His repertoire also encompasses more recent works, which he performs internationally: he gave the world premieres of Ivan Fedele's cello concerto (Orchestre National de France, Leonard Slatkin) and Gilbert Amy's concerto (Tokyo Symphony Orchestra at Suntory Hall in Tokyo). In September 2005, he premiered Bruno Mantovani's concerto with the Saarbrücken Radio Sinfonie Orchestra and Phillippe Schoeller's Wind's Eyes with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden and Freiburg.
Queyras is part of the Arcanto Quartet with Antje Weithaas, Daniel Sepec and Tabea Zimmermann. He plays a cello made in 1696 by Goffredo Cappa.
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