Sæunn og sellóið / Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, cellist

(English below)

Hinn frábæri sellóleikari Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir kemur fram í Mengi að kvöldi skírdags og flytur einleikstónlist nokkurra alda fyrir sellóið. Á efnisskrá Sæunnar eru Einleikssvíta Jóhannes Sebastíans Bachs nr. 3 í C-dúr, Einleikssvíta Benjamíns Brittens númer 3, ópus 87 (1971), frumflutt af Mistislav Rostropovich árið 1974 og "Portrait" eftir enska verðlaunatónskáldið Jane Antonia Cornish en verkið lék Sæunn inn á geislaplötu sem út kom á síðasta ári, 2015, hjá útgáfufyrirtækinu INNOVA og hefur fengið frábærar viðtökur.

"The cellist Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir was riveting in Ligeti´s Cello Concerto." - New York Times

http://www.saeunn.com/

http://www.janeantoniacornish.com/about-1/

Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20. Tónleikarnir hefjast klukkan 21.

Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.

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The great cellist Sæunn Thorsteinsdottir will perform solo music for the cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, Benjamin Britten and Jane Antonia Cornish.

Program:

Suite no. 3 in C-major by J. S. Bach

Suite no. 3 op. 98 by Benjamin Britten

Portrait by Jane Antonia Cornish

House opens at 8pm. Concert starts at 9pm.

Tickets: 2000 ISK

About the soloist:

Riveting” (NYTimes) cellist, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Toronto and Iceland Symphonies, among others, and her recital and chamber music performances have taken her across the US, Europe and Asia. Following the release of her debut recording of Britten’s Suites for Solo Cello on Centaur Records, she has performed in some of the world’s greatest halls including Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall and Disney Hall. The press have described her as “charismatic” (NYTimes) and praised her performances for their “emotional intensity” (LATimes).

Starting in the fall of 2015, Sæunn joins the faculty of the University of Washington in Seattle, teaching cello and chamber music. For the past two years, Sæunn has been Artist-in-Residence at the Green Music Center’s Weill Hall in Sonoma, California, presenting concerts, masterclasses, lectures and informal discussions at Sonoma State University.

An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated in performance with Itzhak Perlman, Mitsuko Uchida, Richard Goode and members of the Emerson, Guarneri and Cavani Quartets and has participated in numerous chamber music festivals, including Prussia Cove and Marlboro, with whom she has toured. She is cellist of the Manhattan Piano Trio and a founding member of Decoda; a group that seeks to revitalize the world of chamber music through refreshing concert experiences, creative education, and community engagement.

Along with the masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and 20th century, Sæunn is constantly inspired by works composed in our time and enjoys working with living composers. In addition to working closely with Daníel Bjarnason on his award-winning composition “Bow to String”, she has premiered dozens of works, including new pieces by Peter Schikele, Paul Schoenfield, Kendall Briggs and Jane Antonia Cornish.

Sæunn has garnered numerous top prizes in international competitions, including the Naumburg Competition in New York and the Antonio Janigro Competition in Zagreb, Croatia. She received a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, a Master of Music from The Juilliard School and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from SUNY Stony Brook. Her principal teachers include Richard Aaron, Tanya L. Carey, Colin Carr and Joel Krosnick.

Sæunn was a fellow of Ensemble ACJW—The Academy, a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education—performing chamber music at Carnegie Hall and bringing classical music to students in the New York City Public Schools.

Born in Reykjavik, Iceland, Sæunn first moved to the states as a child however, she still has family in Iceland and enjoys going back, both for concerts and family visits.