Pablo Ferrández

cello

Pablo Ferrández is truly special … great sound, very refined vibrato, flawless left and right hand, and a true musician.

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Prizewinner at the 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition, the 5th Paulo International Cello Competition and ICMA 2016 Young Artist of the Year, Pablo Ferrández announces himself as a musician of stature. Praised for his authenticity and hailed by critics as ‘one of the top cellists’ (Rémy Louis, Diapason), he continues to build a brilliant career through collaborations with internationally renowned artists and world-leading orchestras.

A captivating performer with a compelling technique, he has been described as ‘an inspirational and expressive soloist who always places his skills at the service of the composer.’ (Rheingau Festival Award Jury). Recent highlights include his debut at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel; performances of Brahms’s Double Concerto with Anne-Sophie Mutter; appearances with the Bamberg Symphony under Christoph Eschenbach within the Orpheum Foundation Programme; with the Gürzenich Orchester at the Berlin Philharmonie; and with the Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Antwerp Symphony, Konzerthaus Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and BBC Scottish Symphony orchestras. He is also frequently invited to the Beethoven Easter Festival, Folle Journée, Intonations Festival, TransSiberian Arts Festival and Rostropovich Festival.

As well as tonight’s concert followed by a European tour alongside Anne-Sophie Mutter, Khatia Buniatishvili and the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Robin Ticciati, other highlights this season include debuts with the Bayersichen Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra under Daniele Gatti, the Orchestre National de France, Basel Symphony, Dusseldorf Symphony, Tonkunstler Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Borusan Philharmonic, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto, Detroit Symphony, Columbus Symphony and Princeton Symphony orchestras, and returns to the Louisiana Philharmonic, Barcelona Symphony, OSPA and Bilbao Symphony orchestras.

Pablo Ferrández was 2019/20 Artist-in-Residence at the Orchestra Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, as well as at the Verbier Festival, and appeared in recital in Lucerne, Vienna, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Cologne, Baden-Baden, Paris, London, Birmingham, Brussels, Budapest, Lisbon and Barcelona as a recipient of the ECHO Rising Stars Award.

As a recitalist and chamber musician, Pablo frequently collaborates with such artists as Vadim Repin, Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer, Joshua Bell, Yuja Wang, Nikolai Lugansky, Maxim Rysanov, Beatrice Rana, Denis Kozhukhin, Ray Chen, Alice Sara Ott, Elena Bashkirova, Michael Barenboim, Luis del Valle and Sara Ferrández.

Born in Madrid in 1991 into a family of musicians, at the age of 13 Pablo Ferrández joined the prestigious Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía to study with Natalia Shakhovskaya. He subsequently completed his studies at the Kronberg Academy with Frans Helmerson. He plays the Stradivarius ‘Lord Aylesford’ (1696), thanks to the Nippon Music Foundation.