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Alexander Ivashkin, cellist

Outstanding cellist
Mstislav Rostropovich

Very high playing
János Starker

Leader in the field of performance
Daniel Shafran

Excellent musician
John Cage

Superb musician of rare abilities
George Crumb

Outstanding person in present day music activities
Krzysztof Penderecki

The concerts of Mr Ivashkin can be recognised as an essential step toward authentic interpretation. This means an intense amount of preparation both in the musicological field and in the exact knowledge of different styles
Mauricio Kagel

Prodigious cellist
The Guardian

Alexander Ivashkin swings mightily into all he does, with élan
The Glasgow Herald

His cello sounds like an orchestra, with lyric and tragic spirit at the same time
Corriere del Ticino

Ivashkin is a cellist we should hear more often
The Financial Times

Alexander Ivashkin is no ordinary cellist… his extensive concerto repertoire (over 60 works at the last count) suggests a heightened taste for the unusual and exotic
The Strad

Ivashkin combines breadth of knowledge with a driving energy
Daily Telegraph

Saturday 2 May 2009. Wigmore Hall, London
VTB Capital Prize for Young Cellists
Alexander Ivashkin, Artistic Director / cellist / judge 
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23–31 March, 2012
Great Hall, Arts Centre/Town Hall Auditorium, Christchurch, New Zealand
The 8th International Adam  Cello Festival/Competition
Recital, masterclasses, conversations, competition rounds.
Alexander Ivashkin, Artistic Director and Chairman of the jury




cd cover
Alfred Schnittke: Discoveries.
Yellow Sound, Dialogue for cello and instrumental ensemble, Variations for String Quartet. Alexander Ivashkin, cello/voice
London: Toccata Classics, 2010. TOCC 0091

released on March 01, 2010.





Saturday, 28 November 2009
Royal Festival Hall, London


Schnittke – Concerto No.2

Alexander Ivashkin, cello

London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski


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        Krzysztof Penderecki. Largo (Cello Concerto)
World premiere of the revised version.
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
With Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki.
18 December, 2008



Alexander Ivashkin plays Prokofiev
(Complete Concertos and Sonatas)
'Chandos', CHAN 24141

released on July 01, 2008.


  Prokofiev. Cello Concerto
  (Andante – 6:07)

   Recordings: see the complete list…


Has cello, will travel.,
By Julian Haylock. The Strad

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