On this episode of Heifetz on Air, it’s a Cellobration! Celebrating the cello teachers and players at the Heifetz Institute, in ones, twos, threes, fours, and more!
This Episode’s Playlist
Francis Poulenc: Cello Sonata (1949) III. Ballabile
Noémie Raymond-Friset, cello
Carlos Avila, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.20.2017
Georg Friedrich Handel: Trio Sonata for Two Cellos in G minor, HWV 393
I. Andante
II. Allegro
Antonio Lysy, cello
Mo Mo, cello
Coleman Itzkoff, cello continuo
Andrew Rosenblum, harpsichord
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.10.2016
Luigi Boccherini: Sonata in C Major for Two Cellos, G. 17
I. Allegro [excerpt]
Christine J. Lee, cello
Benjamin Doane, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 08.02.2016
Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
Antonio Lysy, cello
Anton Smirnoff, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.06.2017
Manuel De Falla, arr. Piatigorsky: Ritual Fire Dance fr. El Amor Brujo
Dominic Lee, cello
Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano
Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2019
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
I. Aria – Cantilena
Angel Azzarra, soprano
Antonio Lysy, cello
Yan Ho Cheng, cello
Caroline Paulsen, cello
Nicco Maziotto, cello
Joan Herget, cello
Boubacar Diallo, cello
Roric Cunningham, cello
Davis You, cello
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2019
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69. III. Scherzo [excerpt]
Thomas Mesa, cello
Dina Vainshtain piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.09.2017
Leonard Cohen/Bob Thiele, arr. Brett Howland: Hallelujah/What a Wonderful World
Amit Peled, cello
Ismael Guerrero, cello
Julia Rosenbaum, cello
Dilshod Narzillaev, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 08.04.2017
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to the Barber of Seville
Heifetz 2018 Cello Choir
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.27.2018
Go Deeper
Heifetz faculty cellist Antonio Lysy‘s multi-media project Te Amo Argentina, became both a Grammy-winning album and an acclaimed touring production. Check out this video clip from the stage show and read why The Absolute Sound named it one of the 40 best recordings of all time.
The Twelve Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic are undoubtedly the world’s most famous multi-cellist ensemble. The group got their start when the Berlin Phil was commissioned to perform in a 1972 radio production of Julius Klengel’s Hymnus for twelve cellos – and they just kept going, now with multiple commissions and awards under their belt.
Take a look at the world-renowned cello faculty who will be teaching in the Senior Division of the 2023 Heifetz Institute!